faculty profile
Sarah Carpenter MSN, PMHNP-BC
Bio
Sarah Carpenter joined Vanderbilt University School of Nursing as a
full-time faculty member in 2023 after working as a part time clinical
instructor in the Pre-specialty program since 2020. She currently teaches in
the Pre-specialty/MN programs as a psychiatric clinical instructor, Legal and
Ethics seminar leader, and Fundamentals of Nursing lab instructor. Sarah
started her nursing career as an RN at an acute care psychiatric hospital as
both a floor nurse and admission’s specialist. As a psychiatric nurse
practitioner she has worked in outpatient and consult-liaison settings
specializing in psychiatric care of the organ transplant patient. Most recently
she started private practice doing outpatient medication management for mood
and anxiety disorders and infertility counseling.
Prior to nursing, Sarah received her bachelor’s degree in Religion and the Arts
and minor in Photography from Belmont University. She is an avid photographer
and has research interests in expressive therapies, mindfulness, meaning
making, resilience, and reproductive mental health
Education
Vanderbilt University
BA in Religion and the Arts, Belmont University
Certifications
PMHNP-BC
Current Research/Scholarly Interests
Meaning-making
Expressive therapy
Psychiatric care of the medically ill patient
Reproductive mental health
Academic Interests
Psychiatry/mental health clinical instructor
Legal and ethical considerations in nursing
Current Projects
Meaning-making
Expressive therapy
Psychiatric care of the medically ill patient
Reproductive mental health
Professional Organizations
Sigma Theta Tau
Honors/Awards
Amy Francis Brown Prize for Excellence in Writing
Vanderbilt Patient Experience Award