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Dr. Erin Reitz PhD, MBA, NEA-BC

Associate Professor
Mennonite College of Nursing
  • 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)