Curriculum Vitae
O. Ed Reitz
Hudson, IL 61748
Home Phone: 309-***-**** Business Phone: 309-***-****
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Email: abhjij@r.postjobfree.com
Educational Preparation
Institution Degree Date Focus Area
University of Illinois-Chicago PhD degree
Administrative
845 West Damen Ave. conferred Nursing
Chicago, IL 60612 12-09
Mennonite College of Nursing BSN 6/94 Nursing
Bloomington, IL 61701
Illinois State University MBA 6/89 Service
Normal, IL 61761 Marketing and
Small Business
Entrepreneurship
Illinois State University MS 8/85 Criminal
Normal, IL 61761 justice science
Illinois State University BS 6/82 Criminal
Normal, IL 61761 justice science
Professional Experience
Dates Organization Role :Responsibilities
2/10 - 8/10 Methodist College Assistant Professor II: Taught
nursing
Of Nursing fundamentals, nursing research and
medical
Surgical nursing.
6/02 - 2/10 Advanced MidWest Owner: Provide nursing staff relief
Nursing Placement to hospitals, nursing homes and
outpatient
clinics.
02/97 - 02/02, BroMenn Regional Staff Nurse: Work as a staff
nurse in various
Medical Center hospital departments.
5/96 - 2/97 El Paso Health Care Care Plan Coordinator: Provide
Minimum
Data Sets (MDS) to Illinois Department of
Public Health (IDPH) which form the
groundwork for developing and presenting
care plans.
11/95 - 5/96 Hopedale Medical Director Home Health: Complete
Complex responsibility for home health
department.
Hiring, budgeting, compliance issues
12/93-11/95 BroMenn Regional ICU Technician: Direct patient
care.
Medical Center Staff Nurse: Work as a staff nurse in
various
hospital departments.
6/88 - 10/91 Investor Services Owner: Marketed financial planning
services using networking, referrals,
promotions and direct marketing.
Publications
Reitz, O.E., Anderson, M.A. & Hill, P.D. (2009). Job Embeddeness and Nurse
Retention. Nursing Administrative Quarterly 34(3), 190-200.
Reitz. O.E. & Anderson, M.A. (2009). An overview of Job Embeddedness
(currently in review)
Anderson, M.A., Bailey, C., Bargstadt, G.L. and Reitz, O.E.: The current
context of home
health care. In Current Issues in Nursing, eds. P.S. Cowen and S.
Moorhead, Elsevier, St.
Louis, Mo., 2009.
Reitz, O.E., Anderson, M.A. & Hill, P.D. (2009). Job Embeddeness and nurse
retention in rural and urban locales. International Journal of Evidence-
Based Healthcare, 8(3), 236-237.
Presentations
Reitz, O.E., Anderson, M.A. & Hill, P.D. (2009). Job Embeddeness and Nurse
Retention, Presented at JoAnna Briggs Biennial Conference 2010 Chicago, IL.
Reitz, O.E., Anderson, M.A. & Hill, P.D. (2009). Job Embeddeness and Nurse
Retention, Presented at Mid West Nursing Research Society, 2010.
Anderson, M.A., Sigafus, V., Many, F., Hill, P. and Reitz, O.E.: Hospital
Readmission Risk Assessment, Presented at Council for the Advancement of
Nursing Sciences, Washington D.C., 2008. a
a invited and refereed
Professional Organizations
Dates Organization
2006 - present Mid West Nursing Research
Society
1988 - present Sigma Iota Epsilon,
National Honorary and Professional
Management Fraternity
2007 - present Sigma Theta Tau,
International Nursing Honorary
Society, Alpha Lambda Chapter
2006 - present Graduate Student Nurses Organization
(GSO),University of Illinois at
Chicago
Honors and Awards
Dates Award/Honor
2006- present Fellowship from Graduate Assistantship in Area
of National Need (GAAN)
2007 Graduate Student Nurses Organization (GSO)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Travel award
2005-2006 Scholarship, Illinois
Department of
Public Health (IDPH), rural health
Division.
2005 - 2006 College of Nursing
University of Illinois Chicago
(UIC)
traineeship award
1992-1994 Mennonite College of
Nursing, Dean's List
Register Nurse Licensure
Illinois # 41283110 (expires 5/31/12)
Teaching Activities at University of Illinois at Chicago
Semester/Term Course No Course Title Hours
Enrollment
Fall 2009 NUSC 526b Nursing Inquiry I 2 22
Summer 2009 NUSC 527b Nursing Inquiry II 2 22
Spring 2009 NUSC 527a Nursing Inquiry II 2 26
Fall 2008 NUSC 526a Nursing Inquiry I 2 25
Spring 2008 NUSC 527a Nursing Inquiry II 2 17
Fall 2007 NUSC 526c Nursing Inquiry I 2 19
NUSC 525c Intermediate Statistics 3 19
a Helped transform course to online format
b Co-taught course with one other Professor
c Teaching assistant
Course Descriptions
NUSC 525 Intermediate Statistics 3 Semester Hours
Application and interpretation of statistical techniques appropriate for
health sciences. Prepares students to think quantitatively, use computer
to perform statistical analysis, and assess data critically.
Prerequisites: An undergraduate statistic course.
NUSC 526 Nursing Inquiry I 2 Semester Hours
First of a two course sequence examining the inter-relationships among
theory, research, and practice, as an integral component of evidence based
practice, emphasizing concepts, theory analysis, and problem
identification. Prerequisites: Credit or concurrent registration in NUSC
525 or equivalent.
NUSC 527 Nursing Inquiry II 2 Semester Hours
Second of a two course sequence examining the inter-relationships among
theory, research, and practice, as an integral component of evidence based
practice, emphasizing research methods and ethical issues. Prerequisites:
NUSC 526.