1. News From:
For Immediate Release January 22, 2013
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
Nursing VP Voted Secretary-Elect of GNYNSONE
Oceanside, N.Y. — South Nassau Communities Hospital vice president of patient care
services Joanne Newcombe, RN, MPA, BC-NE, has been elected secretary-elect of the Greater
New York Nassau-Suffolk Organization of Nurse Executives (GNYNSONE) Board of Directors
for a two-year term that begins January 1, 2013. Ms. Newcombe has more than 30 years of
nursing care experience, including the past 20 in nursing administration.
“I am eager to work with each member of the board to ensure that the organization to
fulfill its mission of providing quality programs and services that empower the members to
pursue and achieve their goals in nursing leadership and management,” said Ms. Newcombe.
Recognized for her commitment to mentoring and developing nursing administrators and
managers at South Nassau and throughout her career, Ms. Newcombe is a recipient of numerous
honors in the field of nursing, including the Nursing Center of Excellence and Nursing Excellence
in Education awards. In addition to GYNSONE, she lends her acumen and expertise to the
American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), American College of Healthcare
Executives (ACHE) and Health Care Leaders of NY (HLNY). Ms. Newcombe has authored and
co-authored clinical papers on advancements and best practices in nursing, which have been
published in Nursing Spectrum and Advance for Nursing.
As vice president of patient care services at South Nassau, Ms. Newcombe is responsible
for developing and leading the day-to-day clinical and administrative operations for medical
surgical care, telemetry, emergency services, behavioral health, maternal child inpatient nursing
services, patient relations, and nurse education, development and research. Ms. Newcombe came
to South Nassau after serving as associate executive director for Patient Care Services and chief
nursing officer of the 249-bed Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation in
Manhasset, NY. Prior to that, she was director of patient care services for a women’s and
newborn health services program from 1997-2006 and assistant nurse administrator at a children’s
hospital from 1992-97.

2. South Nassau Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 435
beds, more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is
an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac,
oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. In
addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and
elective angioplasty and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma
Knife® Perfexion radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the
New York State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the
American College of Surgeons and is recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by
the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. For more information, visit
www.southnassau.org.
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