Gordon West, PhD, MHA, BSN, RN, FAAN, FACHE, AMB-BC

Assistant Professor

Phone: 253-535-7348

Email: gwest@plu.edu

Office Location: Ramstad Hall - 340

Curriculum Vitae: View my CV

  • Professional
  • Biography

Education

  • PhD, Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 2016
  • MHA, Healthcare Administration, Baylor University, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 2006
  • BSN, Nursing, McMurry University, Abilene, TX, 1998

Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

  • Policy, Research, Evidence Based Practice, Clinicals, Skills labs
  • Infection Control, health promotion, social determinants of health

Selected Presentations

  • Juanita Warman Nursing Excellence Conference, Dirty little secrets: High touch surfaces within the healthcare environment , Tacoma, WA (2020)
  • Virtual AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Do contaminated instruments pose a risk to clean instruments in a set? , Anahelm, CA (2020)
  • Virtual Madigan Research Day, Interim Results: Ultraviolet Disinfection in the Clinical Environment, Tacoma, WA (2020)
  • TriService Nursing Research Program Dissemination Course, Effectiveness of Rapid Cycle Ultraviolet Disinfection for Hospital Communication, San Diego, C A (2019)
  • TriService Nursing Research Program Dissemination , Bacterial contamination of military and civilian uniforms in an emergency department , San Diego, CA (2019)
  • TriService Nursing Research Program Dissemination Course, Bioburden Assessment of Surgical Instrument Cleanliness Post-Sterilization: A Pilot Study , San Diego, CA (2019)
  • TriService Nursing Research Program Dissemination Course, Comparing Nurse Staffing Perception to Workload Metrics within Tripler Army Medical Center , San Diego, CA (2019)
  • TriService Nursing Research Program Dissemination Course, Ultraviolet Disinfection in the Clinical Environment, San Diego, CA (2019)
  • TriService Nursing Research Program Dissemination Course, Patient privacy curtains in relationship to hand hygiene: Exploring behaviors and bacteria, San Diego, CA (2019)

Selected Articles

  • Hartmann, J. M., Fredericks, M. T., West, G. F., Stucky, C. H., Huffman, S. L., & Moser, C. H.. "Ultraviolet-C disinfection in aeromedical evacuation: A pilot evaluation of effectiveness and usability." Excellence and Credentialing in Health Care Vol. 1(3), 2026: e0024.
  • Miller, J. L., West G. F., Orina J. A., Miley, J. H., Lucciola, M., Swiger, P. A., Li, P., Patrician, P. A.. "The feasibility of collecting nursing data from the electronic health record for a national nursing database: A pilot study." Nursing Outlook Vol. 74(1), 2026: Epub.
  • McClure, L. M., West G. F.. "Improving Awareness and Use of Medical Cannabis for Fibromyalgia." Journal of Holistic Nursing Vol. Epub ahead of print, 2025: Epub ahead of print.
  • West, G. F.. "A validation experiment: Utilizing ultraviolet light to disinfect high use nursing equipment." American Journal of Infection Control Vol. 53(5), 2025: 548-551.
  • Nelson, Nicole, M., Aceto, Anna, West, Gordon F.. "New patient privacy curtains to provide passive infection prevention." Infection Prevention in Practice Vol. 5(3), 2023: 100291.
  • Resendiz M., Blanchard, D., West G.F.. "A systematic review of the germicidal effectiveness of ultraviolet disinfection across high-touch surfaces in the immediate patient environment." Journal of Infection Prevention Vol. 24(4), 2023: 166-177.
  • Resendiz, M., Blanchard, D. M., Lustik, M. B., Horseman, T. S., & West, G. F.. "Effect of SARs-CoV-2 pandemic on infection prevention behaviors and bacterial burden of high touch surfaces in a medical/surgical setting." Scientific Reports Vol. 12(1), 2022: 5561.
  • Blanchard, D. M., Resendiz, M., Lustik, M. B., & West, G. F.. "Limited impact of an ultraviolet disinfection intervention on hygienic behaviors of nursing staff in a military hospital." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Vol. 43(6), 2022: 797-799.
  • Resendiz, M., Horseman, T.S., Hover, A.J., Bradley, D.F., Lustik, M.B., West, G.F.. "Assessment of Surgical Instrument Bioburden After Steam Sterilization: A Pilot Study." American Journal of Infection Control Vol. 48(2), 2020: 219-221.
  • Torres, L., Nelson, F., West, G.. "Exploring the Effects of a Nurse-Initiated Diary Intervention on Post–Critical Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder." American Journal of Nursing Vol. 120(5), 2020: 24-33.

Accolades

  • 2019: Army Nurse Corps Association: Annual Nursing Research Award
  • 2019: Defense Health Agency: Annual Excellence in Nursing Award

Biography

Gordon West is an associate professor at Pacific Lutheran University within the school of nursing.

Dr. West’s research focuses on interventions to address infection prevention and control efforts within the healthcare settings. He has served as the principal investigator of eight research studies and as an associate investigator/mentor on another four. Findings from his work have impacted policy, whereby three hospitals changed their patient care uniform and disinfectant policies. These findings were shared with the Defense Health Agency, impacting practice worldwide. He is currently serving as a mentor on a funded study to assess the effectiveness of this intervention in a military field hospital setting as well as in air evacuation and ground transportation platforms. He served in the United States Army Nurse Corps for over 22 years. He has over 20 publications related to this work. He is currently the chair-elect of the local chapter of his state nursing organization. He also serves as an elected research representative to the professional nursing and healthcare council within the Washington State Nurses Association.

Dr West received his BSN from McMurry University, his MHA from Baylor University, and his PhD from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.