Let’s Chat Healthcare is a place for open and honest conversations with healthcare professionals, patients and others to discuss their experiences in our healthcare system. We hope to reframe the stigma around talking about our health and medical experiences by providing a platform for these stories to be told.
Join Laura Czaplicki, an ER nurse, as she engages in conversations with patients, healthcare professionals, hospital execs and leading health specialists. Discover stories of resilience and hard work from behind the scenes of our healthcare system.
Alexis has been diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome [EDS] and has had to fight for herself ever since. In this episode, Alexis shares the journey to her diagnosis and how she had to advocate for he…
In this episode, Curtis, an Occupational Therapist himself, talks all about Occupational Therapy. Occupational Therapy is often confused in the healthcare system with other therapies, but it is it’s …
In this episode, Chrisel, an Occupational Therapist, shares her insights into the profession. Chrisel focuses on the value that Occupational Therapists can provide, and she talks about the many diffe…
In this episode, Natalie Skye shares her emotional journey in the NICU with her son, Noah. She talks about the mountain highs and the valley lows that she went through during this time and shares wha…
Tara is a nurse with a wide range of experience working in critical areas of the hospital.
In Tara’s episode, we talk about the role of the nurse in critical and stressful areas of the hospital. We di…
Danielle is a Physician Associate, and she is here to answer the most burning questions about PA’s. ie: What is the role of a PA? What is the difference between seeing a PA, NP, or MD/DO? What educat…
Julianna, a Registered Dietitian, shares her insights into the world of nutrition and the battles she faces every day in the healthcare system. Working in multiple settings, she has become a witness …
This is Part 2 of 2. In this episode, Edgardo, an emergency room nurse, talks about his recovery process after being discharged from the intensive care unit. He shares some ways he feels like the hea…
In this episode, Edgardo, an emergency room nurse, was unexpectedly admitted into the hospital as a patient and ended up fighting for his life in the ICU -intensive care unit-. Gardo talks about his …
Rebecca Love is an inspiring leader in the nursing world. She rallies behind nurses and advocates for them in large scale professional leadership settings. She was the first nurse featured on Ted.com…
In this episode, Lorie, a two-time cancer survivor, shares the realities of navigating the healthcare system as a cancer patient. Lorie talks about how she gained the courage to be able to make auton…
Samantha has experienced healthcare as a patient and as someone who works in the healthcare field. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis [MS] at a young age and currently works as a registration …
Jessica Bolton is a mother-baby nurse and the host of the ‘Get Your Binge On’ podcast
In this episode, Jessica talks about what it is like to work as a nurse with new mothers and young neonates. Jessi…
Kristen [TheFureyFighter] is a patient who has been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and has an ostomy. In this episode, Kristen shares how she survived some seriously traumatic experiences in the heal…
Jon is a nurse with a wide range of experience in pediatrics, jail nursing, psychiatric nursing, and the emergency room.
In Jon’s episode, host Laura and Jon talk about the emergency room (ER), what …
In this episode, Laura, host of Let’s Chat Healthcare, does her first ever SOLO PODCAST! She spends some time chatting and just spending time with the Let’s Chat Healthcare family. She talks about he…
Sheryl Robinson is the CFO of Scenic Bluffs, a community health center. In this episode, we talk all about community health centers, what they offer, barriers they face, and ways they are supported! …
Kristin is a nurse and has also been through the healthcare system as a patient since being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age 9. In this episode, Kristin breaks down the healthcare system from bo…
In this episode, Ardra, who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), shares the realities of dealing with the healthcare system from the patient perspective. Alongside this, she brings up cha…
In this episode, Dr. Goldberg, an emergency room doctor, talks about his perspective on the healthcare system and the emergency room, as well as sharing some thoughts on a current hot topic - monkeyp…