Dr. Jeri Bigbee joined the faculty of Boise State University in 2006, is the first recipient of the JoAnna "Jody" DeMeyer Endowed Chair in Nursing, and is a nationally recognized leader in rural nursing. Dr. Bigbee earned her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin and has been a nurse educator since 1980 in Wyoming, Nevada and California. Her current research focuses on public health nursing in rural and frontier communities. In addition to publishing, presenting, and teaching, Dr. Bigbee provides leadership and mentoring related to research and scholarship for both faculty and students.
Articles
The Health of Caregiving Grandmothers: A Rural-Urban Comparison (with Carol Musil and Diane Kenski), Journal of Rural Health (2011)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the characteristics of rural versus urban...
Promoting the Health of Frontier Caregiving Grandparents: A Demonstration Project Evaluation (with Barbie Vander Boegh, Molly Prengaman, and Harriet Shaklee), Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing (2011)
Family-Centered Care provides a forum for sharing information about basic components of caring for children...
County Health Rankings: A New Tool for Idaho Nurses, RN Idaho (2010)
In February 2010, a highly useful tool for local and state health planning and promotion...
Public Health Nursing Competency in a Rural/Frontier State (with Nancy Otterness and Pam Gehrke), Public Health Nursing (2010)
Objectives: To assess the self-reported levels of competency among public health nurses (PHNs) in...
Keeping it in the Family: Idaho Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (with Molly Prengaman, Harriet Shaklee, and Barbie Vander Boegh), RN Idaho (2009)
Family crises which require out of home placement for children, are becoming increasingly common. Parent...
Contributions to Books
The History of Advanced Practice Nursing in the United States (with A. W. Keeling), Advanced Practice Nursing (2004)
Presentations
Public Health Nurses in Rural/Frontier One-Nurse Offices (with P. Gehrke and N. Otterness), Rural Nursing Conference (2009)
INTRODUCTION: Public health nursing is the foundation of the United States' (US) public health system,...