Advocacy and Leadership
As a child, Stacie Miller spent more time in the hospital break room than she did at home. Raised by a single dad who was the director of an ICU, Stacie had a front-row seat to nursing as far back as she can remember.
"Seeing these people devoting all of their time and energy to saving the life of a perfect stranger moved me, and I knew I wanted to do something that meaningful with my life," she says.
Stacie started her career with HCA Healthcare as a charge nurse in San Antonio. She earned her emergency nurse certification and remained focused on her patients. One day, an ED director asked her a question that would change her life: 'Have you ever thought about going into leadership?'
"I had been a bedside nurse for 15 years, and leadership had never crossed my mind," Stacie recalls. "But I applied for the Leadership Institute's Director Development Program in 2012 and got in. It turned out to be the single most impactful thing I've ever done — personally or professionally."
Throughout the year-long program, Stacie learned about leadership styles, acted as an understudy running the ED and was mentored by senior HCA Healthcare leaders. It was an introspective process that inspired her so much that she's now in a second program, this time for executive development.
"Talking with our leaders in a real way and knowing I'm a part of this company's future is inspiring," she says. "It is a life-changing process."
Stacie Miller joined the Leadership Institute's Director Development Program when it was expanded to include emergency services and surgical services in 2012. In 2019, the program will expand to include critical care.