Education

Noël M. Kerr received a B.S.N. from San Jose State University in 1983 and an M.N. in Medical-Surgical Nursing from U.C.L.A. in 1991.  In 2008, she received a Certificate in Health Informatics from the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  She earned her PhD in Nursing at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in 2011.

Biography

Prior to joining the faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University in 2010, Dr. Kerr taught at the Orvis School of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno (2006 - 2007).  Before pursuing the faculty role, she held Staff nurse, Research nurse, Case Management and Clinical Nurse Specialist positions in Northern and Southern California and Reno, Nevada.  In addition to teaching at Illinois Wesleyan, she works as a Staff nurse on the Acute Surgical Unit at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

Honors & Memberships

Dr. Kerr is a member of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN), the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS), ANIA-CARING, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.  She has led or been an active member on multiple AMSN National Task Forces and Committees and served on the AMSN Board of Directors from 2003 - 2006.  Dr. Kerr has served on the Editorial Board for MEDSURG Nursing: the Journal of Adult Health since 2006 and completes her second term in December 2011.

Dr. Kerr's Curriculum Vita (pdf)