Laverne Roberts is a nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital who spends her days at the hospital watching soap operas and keeping up with intra-office gossip. Laverne is a devout Christian, often commenting about other characters having to answer to Jesus, believing that the Iraq war is the Lord's work and possessing strong views against abortion and premarital sex. Although her husband, Lester, and their son are mentioned many times, they have, like Dr. Kelso's wife Enid and son Harrison, remained two of the show's unseen characters. It has also been mentioned that she has a nephew named Lance who is currently fighting in Iraq. After suffering injuries due to a car crash on her way to work, Laverne falls into a coma and becomes unresponsive. In the next episode,she dies from her injuries.