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Mennonite College of Nursing

Dr. Janet LoVerde Ph.D., MSN, RN, CNE

Assistant Professor
Office
EDW Edwards Hall Suite 203
Office Phone
(309) 438-0843office
phone
Email
jalover@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Biography

Dr. Janet LoVerde is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Mennonite College of Nursing, Illinois State University. Dr. LoVerde holds a bachelor's and master's degree in nursing from Saint Xavier University in Chicago, IL and a doctorate from Illinois State University.

Current Courses

NUR 224.003 Contemporary Professional Nursing

NUR 339.001 Pathophysiology & Pharmacotherapeutics Nursing II:Prelicensure

NUR 339.002 Pathophysiology & Pharmacotherapeutics Nursing II:Prelicensure

Teaching Interests & Areas

Dr. LoVerde currently teaches Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics Nursing II to prelicensure nursing students. She has also taught Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics Nursing I and II in Mennonite College of Nursing's RN to BSN completion program. Dr. LoVerde has experience teaching Community and Public Health in baccalaureate and RN to BSN programs and Nursing Theory, Evidence-based Practice, Health Policy, and Leadership in and RN to BSN program.

Research Interests & Areas

My research interest is nursing education and transfer of education to practice. I am also interested in retention and engagement of medical-surgical nurses.

PhD

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

MSN

Saint Xavier University
Chicago, IL

BSN

Saint Xavier College
Chicago, IL

Spring 2025 Nursing Research Symposium

Endeavor Health
2025

Best Research Abstract Award

MCN and Sigma Theta Tau
2025

Grants and Contracts

Engagement, Turnover Intentions, and Tenure of Medical Surgical Nurses: Qualitative Analysis
Janet LoVerde, Teresa Kisch.
Endeavor Health: Jean Keitel Cryor Nursing Scholarship and NPAP Certification Fund. 2025 - 2025
Retaining Future Nurses: A Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Analysis of BSN Student Retention
Patricia Pence, Janet LoVerde, Denise Hammer, Teresa Novy, Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Mark Zablocki.
Illinois State University. June 2025

Other

Integrating the 2021 Essentials in RN to Baccalaureate Programs
Natalie Heywood, Rhonda Williams, Karen Jagiello, Jamie Robinson, Deborah Blackwell, Margie Hair, Stephanie Brink, Vicki Jowell, Debra Cherubini, Paula Kihn, Elizabeth Crusse, Brenda Duree, Lori McElroy, Palmira Good, Janet LoVerde, Lynn Nichols, Kate Tredway.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing, (2025)

Presentations

Hands-On Manipulative Teaching Tool Demonstrating Fluid Imbalances Improves Exam Scores
Janet LoVerde, Sandy Nielsen.
2026 National Nurse Educator Summit, Tucson, AZ, April, 2026
Comparison of Turnover Intention, Engagement and Tenure of Medical-Surgical Nurses: An Exploratory Study
Janet LoVerde, Teresa Kisch, Caitlin Collins.
Endeavor Health 2025 Research and Evidence-Based Practice Symposium, Glenview, IL, May 16, 2025
Background Data for Comparison of Turnover Intention, Engagement and Tenure of Medical-Surgical Nurse Exploratory Study
Janet LoVerde, Teresa Kisch, Caitlin Collins.
Endeavor Health 2025 Research and Evidenced-Based Practice Symposium, Glenview, IL, May 16, 2025
Leveraging the academic-practice partnership to reduce the nurse educator shortage
Sandy Nielsen, Robin Cross, John Blakeman, Karen Baur, Janet LoVerde, Carrie Carls.
28th Annual Springfield Memorial Hospital Nursing Research Conference, Springfield, IL, April, 2025
Comparison of Engagement, Turnover Intention, and Tenure of Medical-Surgical Nurses: An Exploratory Study
Janet LoVerde.
Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS), Indianapolis, Indiana, March 28, 2025
Comparison of Lecture and Manipulative Teaching Methods on Learning and Application to Practice
Janet LoVerde.
Benedictine University Faculty Colloquium, Lisle, IL, September, 2022
Comparison of Lecture and Manipulative Teaching Methods on Learning and Application to Practice
Janet LoVerde.
Spring Research Symposium, Lisle, IL, April, 2022
Comparison of lecture and manipulative teaching methods on learning and application to practice
Janet LoVerde.
46th Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Research Conference, Schaumburg, IL, March, 2022
Research as pedagogy: Collaborative faculty-student research
Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny, John Blakeman, Crystal Bricker, Ashley Farrow, Janet LoVerde, Sandy Nielsen, Brenda Johnson.
Doctoral Education Conference, Coronado, CA, January, 2019
Fun with Electrolytes
Teresa Kisch, Janet LoVerde.
ATI National Nurse Educator Summit, Nashville, TN, April, 2016
Fun with Fluids
Teresa Kisch, Janet LoVerde.
Thirteenth Annual Nurse Educator Institute: Striving for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Education, Branson, Missouri, April, 2013