A nurse who was made interim Chief Nursing Officer during the pandemic at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) in 2020 has been named to the position permanently. Tara Laumenede, RN succeeds Irene Macyk, PhD, RN, who was promoted executive director of South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore. Dr. Macyk is the second consecutive nurse leader to leave NSUH to run another hospital, replacing Kerri Scanlon, RN, who left NSUH in 2020 to assume the role of executive director at Glen Cove Hospital.
Officials say that North Shore University Hospital is a magnet facility and during Laumenede’s long tenure she helped elevate the quality of nursing at the facility.
“She has spent her entire career focused on making both the patient experience – and her teammates – better,” said Jon Sendach, executive director of NSUH and deputy regional executive director for Northwell’s Central Region. “We’re excited to formally welcome Tara into this vital leadership role.”
North Shore University Hospital is a Level I trauma center and teaching hospital that treats more than 90,000 patients each year with one of the busiest emergency departments in the New York Metropolitan area. In 2023, CMS gave the hospital its highest 5-star rating while US News & World Report named the hospital No. 1 in New York State and top 22 nationally.
Ms. Laumenede most recently served as deputy chief nursing officer. She joined NSUH as senior administrative director of patient care services in 2013 after a 22-year stint at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, where she worked primarily in critical care.
Laumenede, who resides in Floral Park with her husband and two daughters, said she was honored to lead NSUH nursing.
“I look forward to working with the executive leadership team, setting patient care standards that continue to impact the community in providing the highest quality care,” she said.