Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, Mo., has promoted its executive director of nursing, Lacey Carter, MSN, to chief nursing officer.
Ms. Carter has served in a number of leadership roles at the health system and was named executive director of nursing in 2019. Among her leadership efforts amid the pandemic, she helped open the system's first two COVID-19 units.
"You will see Lacey in scrubs one day rounding on coworkers and at the bedside with patients, and then in business attire the next day making sure her teams have the support they need and deserve," said Tom Keller, president and CEO of Ozarks Healthcare.