Ms. Conklin joins South Nassau after serving as the vice president of patient care services and CNO at the Mount Sinai Health System's New York Eye & Ear Infirmary.

1. Press Release
For Immediate Release January 14, 2019
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
South Nassau Appoints New Chief Nursing Officer
Long Beach resident brings more than 20 years’ experience in nursing and patient care
Oceanside, NY – South Nassau Communities Hospital has named Stacey A. Conklin, RN-BC, MHCDS,
NE-BC, a resident of Long Beach, NY, as its chief nursing officer (CNO) and senior vice president of patient
care services. Ms. Conklin joins South Nassau after serving as the vice president of patient care services and
CNO at the Mount Sinai Health System’s New York Eye & Ear Infirmary.
“Stacey is an energetic leader who is focused on improving patient outcomes,” said Richard J. Murphy,
South Nassau’s President. At each point in her career, she has spearheaded the development and
implementation of plans and systems that improve the quality, safety and delivery of patient care. Her wealth of
knowledge and experience will ensure that South Nassau continues its standard-setting excellence in nursing
care at the bedside.”
As senior vice president and chief nursing officer, Ms. Conklin will oversee all nursing activities and
more than 800 registered nurses who ensure the delivery of consistent, high-quality care. South Nassau recently
achieved re-designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for outstanding nursing care
as a Magnet® hospital. There are only eight magnet hospitals on Long Island.
Ms. Conklin was selected after a nationwide search. She will replace Susan Penque, PhD, RN-BC, CNP,
who stepped down as CNO after a successful seven-year tenure. Ms. Penque was instrumental in helping South
Nassau obtain and sustain Magnet status.
“We interviewed a number of excellent candidates for this position, but Stacey stood out for her
enthusiasm for nursing, her record of leadership and ideas about how to keep South Nassau moving forward to
continually improve the level of bedside nursing care,” said Dr. Adhi Sharma, South Nassau’s Chief Medical
Officer and Executive Vice President for Clinical and Professional Affairs.
Ms. Conklin also will direct the development of strategies to promote the recruitment, retention, and
recognition of excellence in nursing; assist in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of clinical programs

2. and services; identify areas for performance improvement; and prepare and participate in Joint Commission and
hospital licensure surveys.
“South Nassau’s nursing leadership and staff is recognized throughout the hospital and healthcare
industry in New York for its spirit and team approach. I’m delighted to be part of the exciting expansion of
services that is happening at South Nassau as a result of its recent partnership with Mount Sinai,” said Ms.
Conklin. “And, as a longtime resident of Long Beach, I look forward to serving the residents of the South
Shore.”
Ms. Conklin, who holds a Master’s of Science in Health Care Delivery from Dartmouth College, has
more than 20 years of diverse experience in nursing administration and patient care. Prior to being appointed as
vice president of patient care services and CNO at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai in May
2017, Ms. Conklin’s experiences in nursing included serving as the Infirmary’s senior director of patient care
services; director of patient care services at Mount Sinai Beth Israel; and site chief information officer at North
Shore University Hospital in Manhasset (NY). An adjunct professor of graduate nursing at Molloy College,
where she received her Bachelor of Science in nursing, Ms. Conklin graduated from Walden University in
Baltimore, Maryland with a master of science in nursing.
Board-certified by the ANCC in Nursing Informatics and as a Nurse Executive, Ms. Conklin is a
member of the American Nurses Association and a Fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine.
The Long Island flagship hospital of the Mount Sinai Health System, South Nassau® Communities
Hospital is Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for
outstanding nursing care. South Nassau is one of the region’s largest hospitals with 455 beds, more than 900
physicians and 3,500 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 medicine.
In addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and elective
angioplasty, and offers Novalis Tx™ and Gamma Knife® radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau operates the
only Trauma Center on the South Shore of Nassau County verified by the American College of Surgeons as
well as Long Island’s only free-standing, 9-1-1 receiving Emergency Department in Long Beach. It is also 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 an accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Association and Quality Improvement Program.
In addition, the hospital has been awarded the Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval for disease-
specific care for stroke, hip and knee replacement, heart failure, bariatric surgery, wound care and end-stage
renal disease. For more information, visit www.southnassau.org.
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