Virginia A. Reising, DNP, RN, PEL-CSN, PHNA-BC

Biography

Virginia Reising, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC, PEL-CSN, is an Associate Professor at RUSH University in the Department of Community, Systems, and Mental Health Nursing where she teaches at the Masters and Doctoral level. She previously worked in the College of Nursing at University of Illinois Chicago where she taught across academic levels and served as the primary investigator on a HRSA Behavioral Health Integration Collaborative Agreement which supported the implementation of the Collaborative Care model at a nurse-led health federally qualified health center and community correctional setting.

Reising completed her Master of Nursing degree at RUSH University with a concentration in advanced population health and her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Illinois Chicago where she examined the impact of rising opioid use in pregnant women across Illinois.

Reising’s clinical experience spans hospital, primary care, and school settings. In addition to serving as a school nurse for Chicago Public Schools she was also responsible for developing and implementing district-wide programming and policy. She managed five school-based health centers and health promotion programming across a network of federally qualified health centers. In 2018, she was named an Illinois Nurses Foundation 40 under 40 Emerging Nurse Leader and in 2022, she was named a Pinnacle Nurse Leader.

Honors and Activities

2022 Pinnacle Nurse Leader
2018 Illinois Nurses Foundation 40 under 40 Emerging Nurse Leader

Publications

Integrated Behavioral Health

Reising, V., Diegel-Vacek, L., Dadabo, L., Martinez, M., Moore, K., & Corbridge, S. (2022) Closing the gap: Collaborative care addresses social determinants of health. The Nurse Practitioner, 47(4), 41-7. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000822572.45824.3f

Reising, V., Diegel-Vacek, L., Dadabo, L., & Corbridge, S. (2021). Collaborative care: Integrating behavioral health into the primary care setting. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. doi: 10.1177/10783903211041653

Program Implementation and Evaluation

Reising, V., Alharthi, A., Moore, K., & Corbridge, S. (2020). Implementing tablet-based health education in a community health center. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2021.01.001

School Health

Reising, V. & Cygan, H (2020). School nurse job descriptions in urban districts: Alignment with the framework for 21^st-century school nursing practice. The Journal of School Nursing. doi: 10.1177/1059840520963621

Reising, V. & Cygan, H. (2019). Using youth risk behavior survey data to create change: A guide for 21st-century school nurses. NASN School Nurse, doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000538

Opioid Use Disorder

Reising, V., Horne, A. & Bennett, A. (2020). The interaction of neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use disorder treatment availability for women insured by Medicaid. Public Health Nursing. doi:10.1111/phn.12816

Reising, V., Bergren, M.D. & Bennett, A. (2019). Care and Treatment Recommendations for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 44(4): 212-18. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000538

Education

Areas of Expertise

Integrated Behavioral Health

Program Implementation and Evaluation

School Health

Opioid Use Disorder