Dr. Erin Reitz PhD, MBA, NEA-BC
Associate Professor
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EDW Edwards Hall 220
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected 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.
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
Fellowship
Graduate Assistantship in Area of National Need (GAAN)
2006
Scholarship
Illinois Department of Public Health (Rural Health Division)
2005
Traineeship Award
College of Nursing at University of Illinois Chicago
2005
Dean's List
Mennonite College of Nursing
1992
Grants and Contracts
Assessment of Campus Climate toward LGBTQ Students: The development of a Campus Climate Index
Erin Reitz, Valentina Fillman.
Mennonite College of Nursing Illinois State University. June 2018
Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Education Fellowship
Erin Reitz.
Illinois Board of Higher Education. 2018
Summer Research Fellowship
Erin Reitz.
Illinois State University - Mennonite College of Nursing. May 2018 - August 2018
Exploration of the use of Simulation for Leadership Development in Graduate Nursing Education
Erin Reitz.
Scholarship for Teaching and Learning Illinois State University. March 18 2014
Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Educator Fellowship
Erin Reitz.
Illinois Board of Higher Education. December 15 2014 - June 30 2015
Kathleen Hogan Faculty Development Grant
Erin Reitz.
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University. 2012 - 2012
Nurse Retention and Job Embeddedness in Long Term Care
Erin Reitz.
August 2012 - August 2013
Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need Fellowship
Erin Reitz.
Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need. 2006 - 2009
Rural Health Division Scholarship
Erin Reitz.
Illinois Department of Public Health. 2004 - 2006
Book, Chapter
The Cost of Home Health Care: Changes and Challenges
M. A. Anderson, C. Bailey, G. L. Bargstadt, Erin Reitz.
(2009), 453-480, Current Issues in Nursing / Elsevier
Newspaper, Article
State Farm caves under pressure
O Erin Reitz.
2, (2022)
Guest Editorial
O. Erin Reitz.
Pantagraph/ Lee Publishing, 2, (2021)
Reitz: End-of-Life planning even more important for LGBTQ persons
Erin Reitz.
Pantagraph.com, (2019)
Other
Psychometric assessment of the Job Embeddedness Instrument: A Rasch perspective
Erin Reitz, E.V. Smith Jr.
Western Journal of Nursing Research, (2018), 10.1177/0193945918778593
Are nurses prepared to lead across the continuum of care in the new paradigm
Erin Reitz, Shelly Malin.
Journal of Nursing Administration, 5 (47), (2017), 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000481
Hardwiring the Bedside Report
Erin Reitz, Erin Reitz.
Journal of Nursing Administration, 47 (3), 7, (2017)
Job Embeddedness: A Concept Analysis
Erin Reitz.
Nursing Forum/ Wiley, 49 (3), 159-166, (2014), 1111/nuf.12053
The Job Embeddedness Instrument: An Evaluation of Validity and Reliability
Erin Reitz.
Geriatric Nursing/ Elsevier, 35 (5), 159-166, (2014), 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2014.04.011
A comparison of survey research methods
Erin Reitz, Mary Ann Anderson.
Nurse Researcher, 20 (4), 22-27, (2013)
Job Ebeddedness Scoring: Measurement Equivalence between Rural and Urban Nurses.
Erin Reitz, MyoungJin Kim.
115-130, (2013)
Job Embeddedness Scoring: Measurement Equivalence between Rural and Urban Nurses
Erin Reitz, MyoungJin Kim.
Research and Theory of Nursing Practice, 27 (2), 115-130, (2013)
An Overview of Job Embeddedness
Erin Reitz, Mary Ann Anderson.
Journal of Professional Nursing, 27 (5), 320-327, (2011)
Job Embeddeness and Nurse Retention
Erin Reitz, M. A. Anderson, Pamela D. Hill.
Nursing Administrative Quarterly, 34 (3), 190-200, (2010)
Job embeddedness and nurse retention in rural and urban locales
Erin Reitz, Mary Ann Anderson, Pamela D. Hill.
International Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare, 8 (3), 236-237, (2010)
Presentations
The scope of LGBTQI health content in pre-licensure nursing curricula
Kat Bloompott, Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim, Astroth Schafer Kim, Cherrill Stockmann, Erin Reitz.
NLN Nursing Education Summit, Washington, D. C., September, 2021
Health Education About our LGBT Elders
Erin Reitz.
HEALE - Heartland Community College, online, January, 2021
Illinois Staffing by Patient Acuity Act: An alternative to mandated legislative staffing ratios?
Erin Reitz.
Disruptive Innovation: Impact for Practice, Policy, and Academia., online, November, 2019
Systemic Research Review of End of Life Care and Advanced Care Planning For LGBTQ+ Persons
Erin Reitz.
6th Annual Cultural Inclusion Institute Conference, online, April, 2019
Campus Climate toward LGBTQIA persons.
Erin Reitz, Valentina Fillman.
Illinois State University's Culturally Responsiveness Campus Community: Diversity and Inclusion in an Ever-Changing Political Environment, Normal, Illinois, October 30, 2018
LGBTQ Students, Faculty and the Community: Bridging the gaps between generations and experiences on campus
Erin Reitz, Valentina Fillman, Grant Schluntz.
Illinois State University’s Culturally Responsive Campus Community: Bridging divides, becoming allies., Bone Student Center, Circus Room, Normal, IL, November 7, 2017
Intersecting LGBTQ Health in Nursing Education
Erin Reitz, Valentina Fillman, Cecellia Hardacker.
2nd National Symposium on LGBTQ Research in Higher Education: Working the Intersections, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL, October 14, 2017
An examination of the psychometric properties of the Job Embeddedness Instrument: a Rasch perspective
Erin Reitz, Everett J. Smith Jr..
International Nursing Administration Research Conference, Orlando, FL, November 9, 2016
Hardwiring the bedside report
Sandra Scheidenhelm, Erin Reitz, Natasha Smith, Angela Stiner.
Studer Conference: What's right in health care?, Chicago, IL, August, 2016
Hardwiring the bedside report
Sandra Scheidenhelm, Erin Reitz, Natasha Smith, Angela Stiner.
OSF Evidence based practice symposium, Peoria, IL, July, 2016
Hardwiring the bedside report
Sandra Scheidenhelm, Erin Reitz, Natasha Smith, Angela Stiner.
Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice Intensive, Normal, IL, May, 2016
Innovations for Advancing Nursing Administration: Using simulation for leadership development, webinar series
Erin Reitz.
The purpose of this panel discussion is to expand educator’s knowledge on the instrument development that measures th, Normal, IL, November 30, 2015
Exploration of Simulation in Graduate Nursing Programs
Erin Reitz, Lindsay White.
University Wide Symposium Imagining the Future, Reflecting on the Past, Normal, January 7, 2015
Registered Nurses Working in the Long Term Care Setting: Role of Job Embeddedness in Predicting Nurse Retention
Erin Reitz.
2014 Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington DC, November 7, 2014
Key Provisions and updates of the Affordable Care Act
Erin Reitz.
Panel Presentation on the Affordable Care Act, Illinois State University, March 20, 2014
Academic dishonesty in distance education in nursing programs
Erin Reitz.
Illinois State University 2013 Teaching Learning Symposium, Illinois State University, , 2013
Evaluation of the Job Embeddedness Construct
Erin Reitz, Mary Ann Anderson.
Midwest Nursing Research Society, Dearborn, MI, April 13, 2012
Job Embeddedness and Nurse Retention: An Overview
Erin Reitz, M. A. Anderson, P. D. Hill.
36th Annual Nursing Care Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN, , 2010
Job embeddedness and nurse retention in rural and urban locales
Erin Reitz, Dr. Mary Ann Anderson.
7th Biennial Joanna Briggs Colloquium, Chicago, IL, September 14, 2010
Job Embeddedness and Nurse Retention
Erin Reitz, M. A. Anderson, P. D. Hill.
2010 Midwest Nursing Research Society 34th Annual Research Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, April 8, 2010
Hospital Readmission Risk Assessment
M. A. Anderson, V. Sigafus, F. Many, P. Hill, Erin Reitz.
Washington, D.C., , 2008