Candidate for Regional Director, Region 2

Twilla Shrout, MBA BSN, RN, CAPA

Professional Experience:

Twilla is a Staff Nurse V in the preoperative, PACU and outpatient surgery department at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO, and has 26 years of experience in perianesthesia nursing.  She is a member of the hospital’s Standards Committee since 1994 and on the Magnet Steering Committee.  Twilla currently serves as ASPAN’s Regional Director, Region 2.  She has been active in ASPAN committees including Membership/Marketing, Education Provider, Education Approver, Credentials, Standards & Guidelines, Development, Computers/Information Technology and, currently, Safety.  Twilla has also been on the Policy/Procedure SWT, SPG Revitalization SWT, Succession Planning/Mentorship SWT and on the National Conference Committee in 2000.  She also served two years on ABPANC’s Item Writing Committee.  Twilla is active in MO-KAN PANA, having served as President three terms, as a Representative Assembly representative, on the Seminar Planning Committee and as Scholarship Chair.  She was the recipient of the Pat Hansen Memorial Scholarship in 1999 and named an ASPAN Star.

Membership and Organization Affiliations:

ASPAN, MO-KANPANA, PACNA, ISPAN, LAPAN, MSPAN, NAPAN, OSPAN and TAPAN

Upon review of ASPAN’s Strategic Plan and our B.A.G., describe your vision as a national leader to keep the organization current and relevant in the existing healthcare environment to meet the needs of the membership.  How will you assure ASPAN is strategically positioned to accomplish our goals and objectives?

Each day, we face challenges in the workplace.  Through ASPAN’s foundation of knowledge, perianesthesia nurses have handled obstacles and continually apply ASPAN’s standards in practice.  Through ASPAN’s influence, we are able to enhance the quality of care provided.  ASPAN’s strategic plan guides members and leaders into the future.  I believe our main goal is the branding of ASPAN as the premier source of care in the perianesthesia setting.  My vision, as Regional Director, is to connect with my colleagues to influence leadership succession, mentoring and implement evidence based practice to advocate the best and safest care.  I believe that communication is the vital link all the way to the grassroots.  We are ASPAN, the past, present and future.  I am motivated and committed to leading Region 2 members.  Therefore, I invite you to join me as we move forward in making ASPAN the indispensable resource organization for our members and patients.