Allison Schanck MSN, RN
Interim Associate Director for Patient Care Services
VA Pittsburgh health care
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Allison Schanck has been VA Pittsburgh’s Deputy Associate Director for Patient Care Services since July 2023.
In this role, she is responsible for strategic planning, customer service, resource allocation, and Veteran and nurse satisfaction. She is a nurse leader, educator, and mentor.
Ms. Schanck is a 1994 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and in 2009 achieved her master’s degree in nursing leadership and administration from Chatham University. She is a board-certified nurse executive and is currently attending Chatham University’s Doctorate in Nursing Practice program with an expected April 2025 graduation.
After 13 years as a registered nurse in critical care at Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, she began her VA nursing career as a staff nurse in 2006. She has served as our Surgical Associate Chief Nurse, the PACU/Same Day Surgery Nurse Manager, a VA Improvement Advisor, and the Moderate Sedation Committee Co-Chair. She also created VA Pittsburgh’s preceptor program and bi-annual workshop and continues to serve as a presenter. She has fearlessly led her fellow nurses through a pandemic and budgetary crisis and has received numerous awards. She earned her LEAN Black Belt certification through her work to prevent surgical site infections.
Ms. Schanck is extremely passionate about VA nursing, partially in recognition of her father’s, a Vietnam Veteran, service.