Dr. Erin Reitz PhD, MBA, NEA-BC
Associate Professor
Mennonite College of Nursing
Office
EDW Edwards Hall
Office Phone
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Biography
I have a wide variety of nursing and non-nursing work experiences. I am an alumni of both ISU and Mennonite College of Nursing.
Current Courses
336.003Research And Theory For Evidence-Based Practice
526.003Residency In Research
336.003Research And Theory For Evidence-Based Practice
336.092Research And Theory For Evidence-Based Practice
526.010Residency In Research
138.001Statistical Analysis and Reasoning in Nursing
540.001Univariate Statistics
Teaching Interests & Areas
Leadership in Health Systems (NUR 562), Financial and Resource Management of Health Systems (NUR 451) and Organizational Experience (NUR 425) at the graduate level.
Research Interests & Areas
Nurse retention, job embeddedness, small business, simulation used for leadership development and entrepreneurship.
Ph D Administrative Nursing
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Other Nursing
Illinois State University, Mennonite College of Nursing
Normal, Illinois
MBA Service Marketing and Small Business Entrepreneurship
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
MS Criminal Justice Science
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
BS Criminal Justice Science
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
First Place Poster Competition
6th Annual Cultural Inclusion Institute Conference
2019
Nurse Educator Fellowship
Illinois Board of Higher Education & the Illinois Center for Nursing
2018
Outstanding College Researcher Award
Mennonite College of Nursing Illinois State University
2018
Kathleen Hogan Faculty Development Award
Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing
2016
Early Career Research Award
Mennonite College of Nursing
2015
Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Fellowship Award
Illinois Board of Higher Education
2014
Kathleen Hogan Faculty Development Award
2011
2010 Book of the Year
American Journal of Nursing
2011
Coleman Fellowship
Interdisciplinary multi-school organization to promote entrepreneurship
2010
Travel Award
Graduate Student Nurses Organization at University of Illinois Chicago
2007
Book, Chapter
Anderson, M., Bailey, C., Bargstadt, G., & Reitz, E. The Cost of Home Health Care: Changes and Challenges. P. S. Cowen & S. Moorhead (EDs). Current Issues in Nursing / Elsevier (2009): 453-480.
Journal Article
Adelman-Mullally, T., Kerber, C., Reitz, O. E., & Kim, M. J. (in press). Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy and recovery using Alcoholics Anonymous: An integrative review of the literature. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
Newspaper, Article
Reitz, O. State Farm caves under pressure (2022): 2.
Reitz, O. Guest Editorial. Pantagraph/ Lee Publishing (2021): 2.
Reitz, E. Reitz: End-of-Life planning even more important for LGBTQ persons. Pantagraph.com (2019)
Presentations
Health Education About our LGBT Elders. HEALE - Heartland Community College. Heartland Community College. (2021)
The scope of LGBTQI health content in pre-licensure nursing curricula. NLN Nursing Education Summit. National League for Nursing. (2021)
Illinois Staffing by Patient Acuity Act: An alternative to mandated legislative staffing ratios?. Disruptive Innovation: Impact for Practice, Policy, and Academia.. (2019)
Systemic Research Review of End of Life Care and Advanced Care Planning For LGBTQ+ Persons. 6th Annual Cultural Inclusion Institute Conference. (2019)
Campus Climate toward LGBTQIA persons.. Illinois State University's Culturally Responsiveness Campus Community: Diversity and Inclusion in an Ever-Changing Political Environment. Illinois State University. (2018)
Intersecting LGBTQ Health in Nursing Education. 2nd National Symposium on LGBTQ Research in Higher Education: Working the Intersections. Northern Illinois University. (2017)
LGBTQ Students, Faculty and the Community: Bridging the gaps between generations and experiences on campus. Illinois State University’s Culturally Responsive Campus Community: Bridging divides, becoming allies.. Illinois State University. (2017)
An examination of the psychometric properties of the Job Embeddedness Instrument: a Rasch perspective. International Nursing Administration Research Conference. Council of Graduate Education in Nurse Administration. (2016)
Hardwiring the bedside report. Studer Conference: What's right in health care?. Studer Group. (2016)
Hardwiring the bedside report. OSF Evidence based practice symposium. OSF Health Care. (2016)
Grants & Contracts
Assessment of Campus Climate toward LGBTQ Students: The development of a Campus Climate Index. Mennonite College of Nursing Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2018)
Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Education Fellowship. Illinois Board of Higher Education. (2018)
Summer Research Fellowship. Illinois State University - Mennonite College of Nursing. Illinois State University. (2018)
Exploration of the use of Simulation for Leadership Development in Graduate Nursing Education. Scholarship for Teaching and Learning Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2014)
Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Educator Fellowship. Illinois Board of Higher Education. State. (2014)