Gail Petro, M.S., APN, retired from MCN on June 1.
Instructional Assistant Professor Gail Petro retired from Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing on June 1, 2017.
Petro joined Illinois State’s Mennonite College of Nursing as an instructional assistant professor in 2002 and worked alongside Cathi Kaesberg on the Success Plan, continuously aiding our students to achieve high NCLEX pass rates. She was the lead faculty for the tutoring program at MCN and teaches Adult Health Assessment.
Petro is a licensed Advanced Practice Nurse and Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner. She has served as a nurse for more than 40 years and has taught nursing for over 30 years.
Gail and her sister, Melissa, at the 2016 commencement ceremony.
In her Nurse Practitioner role, she supported the mission of MCN by caring for the underserved at the Community Health Care Clinic for several years. She encouraged her sister, Melissa, to become a registered nurse and nurse practitioner and was honored to present her with her diploma cover when Melissa graduated from MCN’s M.S.N. program in 2016.
The college celebrated Petro’s retirement on May 2, where Cathi Kaesberg talked about her 15 years of teaching and service at MCN.
