Voices from the Nursing Frontline
The Power of Perseverance with Miranda King and host, Lisa Beasley
November 26, 2025
In this powerful conversation, registered nurse Miranda King sits down with Lisa Beasley to share her remarkable journey through nursing, survival, recovery, and resilience. Miranda opens up about the 2011 boating accident that nearly took her life—causing severe injuries, multiple surgeries, and the loss of her left leg. Despite a long and painful recovery, she returned to nursing school, started over, and refused to give up on her calling. Today, she’s an oncology infusion nurse, a wife, and a mother, using her lived experiences to support and encourage her own patients. Miranda also reflects on rebuilding her life, learning to walk again, navigating fears about her future, and how hope, family, faith, and determination kept her moving forward. Miranda shares how her journey has shaped her as a nurse—giving her unique insight, empathy, and the ability to connect with patients going through their own difficult diagnoses and procedures.