Expertise

Reyes's practice specialty is psychiatric/mental health nursing. His research expertise is in the area of resilience in post-traumatic stress.

Classes Taught

He teaches psychiatric nursing, nursing research, nursing theory, nursing informatics, and quality improvement courses.

Education Background

Reyes completed his Ph.D. in nursing at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, which is a research-intensive university that emphasizes studies about leadership in nursing education, health promotion, and health services delivery. He earned his Master of Science in nursing at the D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY, and his Bachelor of Science in nursing at the Remedios T. Romualdez Medical Foundation in Tacloban City, Philippines.

Research or Scholarship

His program of research is focused on the concept and construct of resilience among individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (i.e., military veterans, nurses who were traumatized by the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian American women with a history of trauma and post-traumatic stress, and older adults with a lifetime history of trauma). He is currently exploring the effects of a mindfulness mobile app on the resilience of individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder. He also developed and published four grounded theories relating to resilience: the grounded theory of pushing through, the theory of integrating, the theory of modulating intrusions, and the theory of mindful scaffolding. These grounded theories provide the theoretical framework of his research studies. He has also published articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented at local, regional, national, and international conferences.

Awards, recognitions, or group affiliations

Reyes has received numerous research awards, including the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year (Nursing Research category), Nevada Action Coalition Nurse Researcher of the Year, the Filipino American Advanced Practice Nurses Association Advancement in Inquiry Award, and the UNLV School of Nursing Outstanding Scholarship/Research Award. 

His research has been cited by over 500 research works worldwide for his research in mindfulness, resilience, and experiential avoidance in post-traumatic stress and his work on resilience in nursing education. His research on mindfulness has been used as a foundational framework for various mindfulness interventions in different parts of the world, and his research on resilience in nursing education has informed curricular changes in different nursing education programs globally. 

He is an editor of the International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. He is also the president of the Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA) of Nevada. He is also a member of the Transcultural Nursing Society and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, Zeta Kappa-at-Large Chapter.