Courses Taught

• NU 340 Professional Practice and Care of the Aging Population
• NU 344 Perspectives In Women's Health
• NU 404 Childbearing Families
• NU 422 Leadership and Health Policy
• NU 423 Nursing Management and Leadership

Current Projects

• Community Health and Wellness Education Fair - Piedmont, AL
• Community Health and Wellness Education Fair - Rome, GA
• A review of the Literature on the Euro centrism Paradigm and the African Paradigm as it relates to male nurses; to be submitted in abstract form

Achievements

• Faculty Research Award 2011
• Faculty Research Award 2010
• Faculty Research Award 2009
• Faculty Research Award 2008
• Faculty Research Award 2007
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2005
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2003-2004
• Community Health Award Boys and Girls Club East Alabama 2001
• Faculty Research Award 1998
• Alabama League for Nursing Lamplighter Award- 1998
• Jacksonville State University Faculty Research Award- 1996
• Trainee Ship, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1992

Education

• 1993 MSN, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Maternal-Infant Health with a focus on Education
• 1991 BSN, Jacksonville State University
• 1988 Diploma, Holy Name Hospital School of Nursing
• 1977 LPN, Gadsden State Technical Institute

Clinical Interests

• Teenage self efficacy
• Women's health
• Client education
• Maternal and Neonatal Complications during pregnancy

Service Activities

• Community presentations
• Child birth educator
• University Employment Equity and Diversity Committee
• Student Alumni Committee College of Nursing
• Nominations Committee College of Nursing
• Director of Religious Education - AL District FBH Church
• Gadsden State Community College LPN Advisory Council-2001
• Jacksonville Association of Nursing Students Advisor, 1999-2002
• East Central Alabama Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors
• Sigma Theta Tau Zeta Xi Chapter Secretary- 2003
• Board of Directors Operations Committee, NE Alabama Boys and Girls Club
• Advisory Board 501K St. John FBH Church 2007-present
• Member of Board of Directors for Community Development St. John F.B.H. Church Anniston, AL 2007 - Present
• Founding Member Board of Directors,6:52 Project Foundation for HIV
  Awareness 2010- Present
• Editorial Board: The Journal of Neonatal Nursing 2000
• Editorial Board: Mother Baby Journal 1999
• Reviewed book for Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins Publishers-1998
• Contributing Editor for the Alabama District F.B.H. Church; True Witness News Letter: United States, England, and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 1998 - Present
• Book reviewer for publisher: F. A. Davis; Clinical Components of Maternity Nursing: An Evidenced-Based Approach For Accelerated Nursing Curricula, Published, Spring 2010.
• Book reviewer for publisher: F. A. Davis; Clinical Components of Maternity Nursing: An Evidenced-Based Approach For Accelerated Nursing Curricula, Spring 2007.
• Book reviewer for publisher: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins Publishers; Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing: Spring 2006.
• Book reviewer for publisher: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins Publishers; The Ethical Component of Nursing Education: Integrating Ethics into Clinical Experience, May 2004.
• Manuscript reviewer for publisher: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins Publishers; Introduction to Nursing Theory and Clinical Reasoning, November 1998.
• Addison-Wesley invited to participate in paid clinical focus group on Maternal-Infant Health Issues, Jefferson State Community College, Birmingham, AL, 1998.
• Reviewed, revised and developed Newborn Nursery Nursing Policies at Riverview Regional Medical Center, Gadsden, AL, Fall 1998 and Spring 1999.

Professional Organizations

• Sigma Theta Tau
• AWHONN
• AFORE
• UAB Alumni Association

Publications and Presentations

• Bougere, M. (June 2008). Cultural manifestations of grief and bereavement: A clinical perspective. The Journal of Cultural Diversity, pp1-6.
• Bougere, M. (Winter 2008). Cultural expressions of grief and bereavement: An application for clinical practice. Minority Nurse, pp26-29.
• Bougere, M. (2007). Cultural manifestations of grief and bereavement: A clinical perspective. Submitted for publication.
• Bougere, M. (2006). Cultural expressions of grief and bereavement: An application for clinical practice. Submitted for publication.
• Bougere, M. (2005). New faculty in the college of nursing at jsu. Nursing Alumni News.
• Bougere, M. (2004). Jans: Sigma theta tau: Zeta xi chapter. Nursing Alumni News.
• Bougere, M. (2003). New faculty in the college of nursing at jsu. Nursing Alumni News.
• Bougere, M., & Curry, D. (1995). RN sexual perceptions and the delivery of quality nursing care. Unpublished manuscript.
• Bougere, M., & Curry, D. (Summer 1996,). RN sexual perceptions and the delivery of quality nursing care. Nursing Alumni News, 1-9.
• Bougere, M. (Spring 1997). Abruptio placentae: Behaviors and solutions. Nursing Alumni News, 1-10.
• Bougere, M. (February 1998). Abruptio placenta. Nursing Magazine, 28 (2), 47.
• Bougere, M. (Summer 1998). The spiritual aspect of caring. Nursing Alumni News. 10
• Bougere, M. (1999). Abruptio placentae: Behaviors and solutions. Jacksonville State University College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Jacksonville, AL.
• Bougere, M. (2001). Jans: Maintaining a tradition of excellence. Nursing Alumni News Guest Lecturer Riverview Regional Medical Center, Gadsden, AL 1994-2002
• Guest Lecturer: Litchfield High School Honors English Class April 1999