Janet Weeda joined the Hope College nursing faculty in 2012. In addition to teaching the maternity and women’s health nursing practicum, she also teaches Pharmacology and Special Topics in Professional Nursing.

For four years, Janet attended the Global Missions Health Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, as the faculty adviser for Hope students. She is the faculty adviser for the Hope College Nurses Christian Fellowship.

Janet has 22 years of hospital nursing experience with such roles as:

• Staff nurse
• Charge nurse
• Setting up an outpatient surgery unit
• Developing the role of the post-anesthesia care nurse

Before becoming a faculty member at Hope, Janet worked at various locations, including:

• Universitas Pelita Harapan, Lippo Village, Indonesia (2008–2012)
• Gallup McKinley Christian Hospital, Gallup, New Mexico (1994–2008)
• United States Naval Reserves, active duty (1986–1994)
  • Portsmouth, Virginia
  • Guam
  • Orlando, Florida

AREAS OF INTEREST

In 2008, Janet transitioned to nursing education. She works to develop the next generations of nurses for roles in leadership, research and scholarship.

Janet began a program for a Ph.D. in Nursing Education at the University of Northern Coorado in August 2017. As a student herself, she can empathize with her students balancing academics, work and family responsibilities.

EDUCATION

• M.S.N., with a concentration in advanced practice in adult health nursing, University of New Mexico, 2000
• B.S.N., Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois, 1986

Outside the College

珍妮特目前住在密歇根州的格兰德维尔。她和丈夫史蒂夫(Steve)有三个孩子，一个毕业于霍普学院(Hope College)，获得了工程和化学学位，一个目前在霍普学院(Hop世界杯荷兰vs厄瓜多尔走地e College)主修工程，还有一个高中生。她是密歇根州怀俄明骷髅会基督教归正会社区的一员世界杯英格兰队vs丹麦队足彩。

Why Do You Like Hope?

Janet loves working at Hope College. She loves that the faculty and administration continually wrestle with what it means to be a liberal arts college in the context of the historic Christian faith. She believes that God calls us to be obedient, which requires constant diligence and struggle. In particular, Janet loves the students of Hope College and it is an honor to work with them.