Edie West

E.A. - Edie- West, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus (2025) is a retired Professor of Nursing (1997- 2024). She taught at Lake Superior Sate University, Sault Ste. Marie, MI (1997- 2006) and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2006- 2024). She completed her Ph.D. at Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom in 2008. Professor West’s research and scholarly interests focus on her passions for nursing ethics, history, public/community health, spiritual, international/ global nursing and human care. She currently serves as a reviewer for Nurses Christian Fellowship International. Dr. West’s research entitled: Nursing as Caring: The Lived Experiences of Caregivers for their Cognitively Impaired Loved Ones (2022) with Dr Michele Gerwick and Dr. Pat Hockensmith was published in the International Journal for Human Caregiving (IJHC), the official journal of the International Association for Human Caregivers (IAHC), 26:1, 16-30. Dr. West’s achievements include the contribution to a book Chapter (2020) entitled: Ethics & Integrity in Nursing Research’ in the Handbook on Ethics and Integrity in Scientific Research (Editor: Dr. Ron Iphofen) and a book entitled: Frontier Nursing in Appalachia: History, Organization and the Changing Culture of Care (2019) which were published by Springer Nature. A book about her personal journey and spiritual growth as primary caregiver for her late father was published with Wipf and Stock Publishers (2023) and is available via Amazon. The title is "Your Path Led Through the Sea." Dr. West's Bible Studies entitled: 'Care for the Caregiver' and 'Rivers of Living Water: A Deeper Dive into God’s Holy Spirit in Life's Storms' can also be found at the Nurses Christian Fellowship International's website [NCF’s International Institute of Christian Nurses (IICN) website resource page]. Download for FREE! Her new book "Satisfied Desires in Sun Scorched Places” (2026) is now available on Amazon. A FREE Bible Study entitled 'Brought to the Light, Revealed by Fire' based on this latest book's scripture references will be available on the IICN website resource page by the end of 2026 as well. More Information can also be found at her E.A.- Edie- West Facebook page.