Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Asturi, Chief Nursing Officer for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen
In her role as chief nursing officer, Asturi has oversight of day-to-day activities and responsibility for the nursing staff. She shares hospital leadership responsibilities with Chief Medical Officer Robert Schwab, M.D., and President Jeff Reecer, FACHE.
“We are very blessed to have someone with Elizabeth’s expertise and nursing experience guiding our nurses and serving as a member of our leadership triad,” Schwab said. “She brings a focus on patient-centered care and safety, and I look forward to seeing her contribute to our hospital’s continued success.”
Asturi joins Texas Health Allen from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where she served as the associate chief nursing officer of the 888-bed hospital. In her role she provided direct oversight of nursing administration, critical care and emergency services. She also had direct responsibility for the trauma designation program, sexual assault nurse examiner program, heart failure clinic, women's heart and wellness clinic and cardiac valve clinic, among other responsibilities.
“It is an honor to be joining Texas Health Allen, and I am proud to be leading a team that is so dedicated to quality, compassion and safety,” Asturi said. “Being a nurse
is an honorable profession and we have the privilege to make a significant impact in the lives of our patients. I look forward to continuing our tradition of nursing excellence in the Allen community.”
Asturi's career began as a nurse at Texas Health Dallas, where she served as a clinical nurse and charge nurse before becoming a clinical education specialist for critical care/cardiology. She briefly left to serve as director of critical care at United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls before returning to Texas Health Dallas as director of nursing administration for critical care and emergency services.
She is board-certified as a nurse executive by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She was named a finalist in 2013 for the Nursing Excellence in Leadership award from D Magazine and for DFWHC Young Healthcare Executive of the Year in 2012. She has served on the board of directors for CareFlite, is an adjunct clinical instructor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing and is the treasurer for the North Texas Organization of Nurse Executives.
Asturi holds a Master of Science degree in nursing from Texas Christian University and an associate degree in nursing from Brookhaven College.... More >><< Less
