About The Nurses Miller
Hi, Our Names are Lacey & Deidre
We're The Nurses Miller!
Though we’re not related by family, we share a last name and a shared passion: empowering healthcare professionals like you to deliver evidence-based care with confidence and purpose.
Our journey began as teammates in a large hospital system, where we discovered a shared passion for helping hospital staff improve their birthing units. Together, we are dedicated to creating healthcare environments where practice change builds trust, fosters teamwork, and ignites excitement among healthcare professionals. Through The Nurses Miller, our goal is to equip unit leaders and bedside staff with the tools and knowledge to provide every patient with the safest, most effective care possible.
Deidre comes from an extensive background in neonatal care, while Lacey focuses on the birthing person’s journey. Together, we bridge the gaps between perinatal and neonatal care.
As nurse leaders, mothers, and practice nerds, we’re here to help you become healthcare professional you were always meant to be—providing exceptional care and making a lasting impact on the lives of your patients and your team.
Our Mission
Make Perinatal & Neonatal Care Better, Everywhere
At The Nurses Miller, we believe that every patient deserves exceptional care, every nurse deserves the support to provide it, and every leader deserves the peace of mind that comes from knowing their team is equipped for success. Together, we elevate practice and outcomes—one policy, one program, and one team at a time.
Our Team
About Lacey & Deidre
Lacey Rose Miller
DNP, CNS, APRN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Owner, Co-Founder, Perinatal Practice Expert
Lacey Rose Miller is a perinatal clinical nurse specialist who has worked at multiple birthing hospitals and hospital systems in the Pacific Northwest.
Her background at the bedside consists of high-acuity and high-volume labor, delivery, obstetric operating room, recovery, and postpartum nursing care. Her graduate education from the University of Washington, afforded her a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree as a perinatal clinical nurse specialist, and a Global Health Graduate Certificate specializing in Women, Children and Adolescents.
She loves to collaboratively work on complex practice improvement projects for hospital systems that improve the outcomes of families and newborns, and she loves to support nurses caring for clinically complicated patients.
She is a former state Legislative Coordinator for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. She currently volunteers on two National AWHONN Committees: Accountability, Belonging, and Culture, and Policy. She proudly serves on the Washington State Maternal Mortality Review Panel as their Lead member in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.
Lacey is a mother of two young children. If she finds free time, she’ll want to spend it in her orchard, on a bike, or in a forest with a heavy backpack.
Deidre Miller
MSN-Ed, RNC-NIC, C-ONQS, C-ELBW, C-NNIC
Co-Founder, Lead Consultant, Neonatal Practice Expert
Deidre Miller is a nurse educator and practice specialist currently working at a hospital system with six family birth centers in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area.
She has worked as a NICU nurse and NICU nurse educator and program developer for 18+ years. She started her career at UCSF Children’s Hospital where she was a founding member of the Neuro-Intensive Care Nursery—a unit dedicated to the neuroprotection & development of newborns. She currently oversees the neonatal resuscitation program at Legacy’s 6 birth centers and 2 NICUs that includes training and practice development.
She also has special interests in quality improvement, policy development, and trauma informed care. She is passionate about translating evidence into practices in a way that ensures safe patient care, and ensuring nurses are working at the top of their scope—a known job satisfier.
Away from hospital work Deidre has served as a legal expert, President of the Northwest Perinatal Resource Network, is an adjunct professor at Concordia University’s nursing program, and co-chair of Oregon AWHONN’s conference committee.
Outside of work Deidre enjoys spending time with her family and is an avid runner—always training for an upcoming event. In the summer you’ll like find her at her cottage in Northern Michigan with her family.
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We Want to See Your Birthing Unit Thrive.
But we can't help you unless you ask for it. Maybe you're a nurse lead or administrator looking to improve team dynamic and patient outcomes. Or, maybe you're a nurse who wants meaningful, empowering course options for your continuing education. Whatever your specific needs, we want to hear how The Nurses Miller can help you be the best care provider you can be.