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Candidate for Secretary
Christina (Chris) Buck, BSN, RN, CAPA
Professional Experience:
Chris has over 30 years of Perianesthesia nursing experience with adults and pediatrics including team management, orienting/precepting, and educating in Pre-op and PACU within the hospital and outpatient setting. Chris has actively led her local district and state component since 2005, serving as component president, treasurer, education planner and membership chair. She was instrumental in successfully implementing TSPAN’s centralized treasury and initiated many policies & procedures adopted by her component. Chris passionately embraces Perianesthesia practice and is devoted to ASPAN’s core Ideology. She served 10 years with ASPAN’s Bylaws and Policy & Procedure Committee establishing a solid foundation for the role as its committee chair. Since 2015, she contributed to various ASPAN committees and strategic work teams including Clinical Practice Committee, Advancing/Emerging Leaders SWT, Education Approver Committee, Innovation SWT, National Conference Coordinator 2019, Component Revitalization SWT currently Enhancing Organizational Capacity SWT co-chair.
Membership and Organizational Affiliations:
ASPAN, TSPAN, ANA, TNA, MHAUS
After reviewing ASPAN’s Strategic Plan and our Compelling Vision, 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?
Our healthcare environment is constantly changing, as a result more inexperienced nurses are beginning their careers in Preop and PACU. As a nursing specialty it is important we continue supporting our established perianesthesia professionals as well as encourage and support novice nurses in their professional development. ASPAN’s Practice Standards, Recommendations and Guidelines, orientation guidelines, promoting ongoing research and evidence-based practice and leadership/mentoring are resources necessary for successful orientation and mastery of perianesthesia practice. Engagement and collaboration are essential in fostering professional development and organizational growth. Leading by example, we must continue advancement of our society with consideration to diverse aspects impacting the needs and desires of our collective membership and future leaders in perianesthesia practice. It is imperative we embrace the changes required, utilizing innovative ideas in promoting our core purpose “To empower and advance the unique specialty of perianesthesia nursing.”
~ Curriculum Vitae: Christina (Chris) Buck