Malisa Fritz MSN, RN
Associate Director, Patient Care Services
VA Coatesville health care
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Ms. Malisa Fritz was appointed Associate Director for Patient Care Services at Coatesville VA Medical Center on November 7, 2022.
Serving as the Chief Nursing Executive, she has overall accountability for the leadership, direction, and administration of day-to-day operations associated with direct patient care activities, including the continuous improvement of nursing services, education and development.
Ms. Fritz started her nursing career as an Associate Degree Nurse and then obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing at Immaculata University in 2008. She returned for master's degree in Nursing in 2016 from Walden University.
Ms. Fritz began her VHA career in 2003 at the Lebanon VAMC on the 16-bed Telemetry Unit. Her first leadership role was as the Nurse Manager for the primary care clinic. In 2016, Ms. Fritz was selected as the Associate Chief Nurse (ACNS), responsible for medicine, staffing resource, and the Nurse of the Day program. She has also taken on the challenge of several stretch assignments to include Interim Surgical ACNS; Interim VA Community Clinics ACNS; Clinical Operations Co-Lead for facility Incident Command Center during the initial COVID Pandemic response; and Interim Behavioral Health ACNS. Ms. Fritz came to Coatesville VAMC in August of 2022 to fill the role of the Acting Associate Director for Patient Care Services from Lebanon VAMC where she served as the Deputy Nurse Executive.