Beth Hicks, RN, BSN, has been named chief nursing officer of McLeod Health Carolina Forest in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Her appointment comes ahead of an outpatient surgical center slated to open on the Carolina Forest campus early next year. A 46-bed hospital is also scheduled to open on the campus in the spring of 2026.
As CNO, Ms. Hicks will have management oversight of the new surgery center, as well as the new hospital's inpatient nursing program. She has spent five years with Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Health.