Don't Miss The Conversation

Can you build a successful healthcare career, travel as a nurse, pursue creative passions, grow a business, and still create financial freedom without burning yourself out?

In this episode of Don’t Miss the Conversation, Samantha Propper sits down with Olga Somers, an experienced registered nurse, international travel nurse, cath lab and interventional radiology professional, artist, entrepreneur, and creator behind Somertime Designs and CrossBorderRN.Olga has spent 15 years in nursing, working across Canada, the United States, and Australia in specialties including MedSurg, critical care, PACU, cardiac cath lab, and interventional radiology. But unlike the traditional travel nurse schedule of moving from one contract to the next, Olga has intentionally built a different model: one travel nursing assignment per year followed by time back in her home cath lab in Vancouver.

They unpack what travel nursing really looks like behind the highlight reel, including adapting to different medical terminology, hospital cultures, workflows, and even the realities of providing healthcare on an island in Hawaii without immediate surgical backup.

Olga also shares how she discovered her creative side after more than a decade in healthcare and turned drawing into an artistic outlet and growing business. Plus, Samantha and Olga dive into personal finance for nurses and healthcare professionals, including Olga’s “financial buckets” strategy, paying yourself first, saving and investing during higher-income seasons, setting financial goals before travel assignments, and creating room to actually enjoy the money you work so hard to earn.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• Travel nursing in the U.S., Canada and Australia
• Cath lab and interventional radiology nursing
• Adapting to new hospitals and healthcare systems
• Creating a flexible nursing career
• Work-life balance for healthcare professionals
• Financial planning and money management for nurses
• Saving and investing with variable income
• The “pay yourself first” strategy
• Building multiple identities outside of healthcare
• Finding a creative outlet after burnout and stress
• Entrepreneurship and art alongside a nursing career
• Designing a career around the life you actually want

Whether you’re a nurse considering travel nursing, a healthcare professional exploring a creative side hustle, or simply someone who refuses to believe your career has to be your entire identity, this conversation is about creating a path that works for your season, priorities, finances, and definition of a meaningful life.

If you're a cath lab tech, cardiovascular technologist, cath lab nurse, radiologic technologist, nursing student, cardiovascular student, travel healthcare professional, or anyone working in a high-pressure clinical environment, this episode offers an honest look at the situations that textbooks and orientation can't fully prepare you for.

Subscribe to Don't Miss the Conversation for more practical conversations about entrepreneurship, business growth, leadership, healthcare, and the lessons Samantha is learning while building companies in real time.

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Connect with our host Samantha at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/

Podcast Website: www.dontmisstheconversation.com

Explore more about Sam’s Businesses: https://linktr.ee/dontmissabeat

Connect with Olga at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crossborderrn/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crossborderrn.tt

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Podcast produced by Hi Hello Labs: https://www.hihellolabs.com/ 










Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/

What would you do if a STEMI patient suddenly started crashing during a cardiac catheterization? How would you handle a physician who clearly doesn’t want you in their case? And what happens when you’re assigned to work an entire shift with a coworker you don’t get along with? In this episode of Don’t Miss the Conversation, Samantha sits down with experienced cath lab professionals and sisters Kat and Jess Santiago for an interactive conversation about cath lab emergencies, healthcare teamwork, workplace conflict, clinical confidence, patient safety, and decision-making under pressure.

Kat and Jess both began their careers through cardiovascular technology, gaining experience in cardiac, vascular, and structural heart procedures, but their careers evolved differently. Jess later returned to school for nursing, took on travel assignments, and expanded into additional areas including EP and device work, while Kat developed broad experience across cath lab roles and high-risk interventions.

Throughout the episode, Samantha gives them realistic cath lab scenarios and assigns them different roles to explore how responsibilities change depending on whether you're scrubbing, circulating, monitoring, or supporting the team.

They discuss:
-Responding when a STEMI patient begins deteriorating
-Anticipating emergency medications and equipment
-Communication during cath lab emergencies and codes
-Scrub tech vs. circulator responsibilities
-Developing clinical intuition and situational awareness
-Working with difficult physicians
-Building confidence as a new cath lab professional
-Supporting inexperienced coworkers without taking over
-Navigating coworker conflict professionally
-Keeping personal feelings from affecting patient care
-Why patient advocacy has to remain the priority
-How experience changes your response under pressure

One of the biggest themes throughout the conversation is anticipation. Experienced cath lab professionals aren't simply reacting to what is happening. They're watching the patient, reading the room, communicating across roles, and preparing for what could happen next.

The conversation also gets into the human side of healthcare careers: difficult personalities, workplace tension, feeling underestimated when you're new, and learning that you don't have to be friends with everyone on your team to work together effectively and safely.

If you're a cath lab tech, cardiovascular technologist, cath lab nurse, radiologic technologist, nursing student, cardiovascular student, travel healthcare professional, or anyone working in a high-pressure clinical environment, this episode offers an honest look at the situations that textbooks and orientation can't fully prepare you for.

Subscribe to Don't Miss the Conversation for more practical conversations about entrepreneurship, business growth, leadership, healthcare, and the lessons Samantha is learning while building companies in real time.

Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/

How do you price a product for profit? If you're starting a product-based business or e-commerce brand, calculating your manufacturing cost is only the beginning.

In this episode of The Propper Perspective, Samantha explains how to price a product by calculating the true cost of goods, landed cost, fulfillment expenses, payment processing fees, shipping, packaging, tariffs, app fees, customer acquisition costs, and other hidden business expenses that can quietly destroy your profit margin.

You'll learn why a product that costs $5 to manufacture may actually cost $15.50 by the time it reaches your customer, how to calculate a more realistic profit margin, and why pricing too low at launch can create major problems as your business grows.

Samantha covers:
• How to calculate the true cost of a product
• Manufacturing cost vs. landed cost
• Shipping, freight, tariffs, duties, and taxes
• Packaging and fulfillment costs
• Payment processing and platform fees
• Third-party logistics (3PL) expenses
• Customer acquisition cost (CAC)
• Hidden Shopify and e-commerce app fees
• How damaged inventory can affect profitability
• Why product costs should be recalculated regularly
• How to build healthier margins before you scale

Whether you're launching your first physical product, building a Shopify store, growing an e-commerce business, or trying to figure out how much to charge for your product, understanding your true costs is essential.

Pricing isn't just about making the sale. It's about creating a business model that can survive rising costs, growth, promotions, and everything that comes with scaling.

Subscribe to Don't Miss the Conversation for more practical conversations about entrepreneurship, business growth, leadership, healthcare, and the lessons Samantha is learning while building companies in real time.


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Connect with our host Samantha at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Podcast Website: www.dontmisstheconversation.com

Explore more about Sam’s Businesses: https://linktr.ee/dontmissabeat

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Podcast produced by Hi Hello Labs: https://www.hihellolabs.com/ 



Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/

When should you hire someone for your business, and when should you DIY?

For new entrepreneurs and small business owners, knowing when to outsource vs. do it yourself can be one of the hardest decisions to make. Hiring too early can drain your profits, but trying to do everything yourself can consume the time you need to actually grow your business.

In this episode of The Propper Perspective, Sam shares practical advice for early-stage founders, entrepreneurs, small business owners, and side hustlers trying to decide where their money and time are best spent.

She breaks down when to DIY and when to hire for areas including business legal services, CPAs and business taxes, Shopify website development, customer service, sales, marketing, and business operations.

You’ll learn why founders should understand the basics of their operations before outsourcing, how doing something yourself can help you evaluate future hires, why customer service and sales can provide invaluable early customer research, and what questions to ask before paying someone thousands of dollars to solve a problem.

Sam also explains why legal and tax support are two areas where professional expertise can be especially important and why understanding your website, customers, sales process, traffic, and conversion data gives you greater leverage when hiring contractors, agencies, or employees later.  Being a scrappy entrepreneur isn’t about doing everything yourself forever. It’s about learning enough to make informed decisions, recognize great talent, protect your business, and spend your money where it creates real value.

If you're starting a business, growing a side hustle, deciding what to outsource, hiring your first contractor, or learning how to delegate as a founder, this episode is for you.

Follow Don’t Miss the Conversation for conversations about business, growth, leadership, medicine, and the lessons you don't always hear while building in real time.


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Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/

Shopify vs Etsy in 2026: which platform is better for selling online? 

If you're starting a small business, launching a product, or trying to decide where to sell online, this episode breaks down the real differences between Shopify and Etsy.


In this episode of The Propper Perspective, Sam compares Shopify vs Etsy for small businesses, including fees, customer ownership, sales tax, marketplace traffic, branding, customer data, email marketing, repeat purchases, advertising costs, and long-term scalability.

Shopify gives business owners more control over their brand and customer relationships, but that ownership comes with additional responsibilities. Etsy makes it easier to get started and provides built-in marketplace traffic, but you're building your store inside someone else's ecosystem.

But what if the smartest strategy isn't Shopify or Etsy?

Sam explains how an omnichannel ecommerce strategy can allow product-based businesses to use Etsy for product discovery and customer acquisition while building long-term loyalty and repeat purchases through Shopify.

In this episode:

• Shopify vs Etsy pros and cons 
• Where to sell products online in 2026 
• Etsy fees sellers need to understand 
• Shopify costs and responsibilities 
• Why owning customer data matters 
• Etsy marketplace traffic vs Shopify ownership 
• How Etsy off-site ads can affect profit 
• Pricing products across multiple platforms 
• Building an omnichannel ecommerce strategy 
• How to turn buyers into repeat customers 
• Why platform diversification can protect your business 

Whether you're opening your first online store, growing an Etsy shop, building a Shopify website, or expanding an existing ecommerce business, this conversation will help you think beyond simply choosing a platform and start building a smarter sales ecosystem.

Follow Don’t Miss the Conversation for conversations about business, growth, leadership, medicine, and the lessons you don't always hear while building in real time.

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Connect with our host Samantha at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Podcast Website: www.dontmisstheconversation.com

Explore more about Sam’s Businesses: https://linktr.ee/dontmissabeat

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Podcast produced by Hi Hello Labs: https://www.hihellolabs.com/ 

Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/

How do you scale a handmade business without sacrificing the quality that made customers love it in the first place?

Charlotte, founder of Perfectly Pressed Nails, joins Don’t Miss the Conversation to share how she turned $20 and a teenage passion for nail art into a growing press-on nail business with thousands of sales and an incredibly loyal customer community.

Her entrepreneurship journey started in high school, when licensing requirements forced her original nail business to shut down. Instead of quitting, Charlotte pivoted to handmade press-on nails and eventually built a brand known for custom designs, reusable salon-quality nails, seasonal product drops, and intricate hand-painted artwork.

Then a post from a well known fitness creator (when she was on a business break!) changed everything.  Charlotte suddenly faced viral demand, rapid sellouts, production challenges, and the question nearly every product-based entrepreneur eventually encounters: Do you scale faster and cheaper, or protect the quality and values that built the brand?

In this conversation, Charlotte shares how she scaled a handmade product business, built customer loyalty, creates successful and thoughtful product launches, uses social media to generate anticipation, manages viral growth, hires and trains a small production team, and intentionally chooses brand longevity over mass production.

If you're building a small business, handmade business, e-commerce brand, beauty brand, or product-based business, this episode offers an honest look at what sustainable entrepreneurship actually looks like behind the scenes.

In this episode:

• Starting a business with only $20 
• Pivoting after your original business model fails 
• Going from student-athlete to full-time entrepreneur 
• What happened when an influencer shared Perfectly Pressed Nails 
  
• Managing viral demand and rapid sellouts 
• Scaling a handmade product business 
• Creating successful seasonal product drops 
• Turning first-time buyers into repeat customers 
• Why Charlotte starts marketing weeks before launch 
• Knowing what products your customers will actually buy 
• Choosing quality over cheaper mass production 
• Why bigger isn't always better in business 
• Building a brand for longevity instead of short-term profit 

Subscribe to Don’t Miss the Conversation for more conversations at the intersection of business, leadership, education, healthcare, and entrepreneurship.

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Connect with Charlotte Kouyoumjtian and buy your first set of Perfectly Pressed Nails!

Perfectly Pressed Nails: https://perfectlypressednails.com/

Order your nails in the shape, length and design you want.

You will get a sizing kit shipped to you.

Enter or email your sizes - and your nails are custom made for your size and shape!

Note: Healthcare worker? No problem!

Make sure you grab some sticky tabs so you can wear them for a day or weekend!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectlypressednails/

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Connect with our host Samantha at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Podcast Website: www.dontmisstheconversation.com

Explore more about Sam’s Businesses: https://linktr.ee/dontmissabeat

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Podcast produced by Hi Hello Labs: https://www.hihellolabs.com/ 

Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/

Interventional radiology can feel overwhelming when you’re first stepping into the IR lab. Between unfamiliar equipment, dozens of procedures, sterile technique, and multiple organ systems, where do you even begin?

In this episode of Don’t Miss the Conversation, Sam sits down with Annie, founder of In The Loop, a radiologic technologist with her vascular interventional credential through ARRT, educator, and incoming president of the Association of Vascular Interventional Radiographers.

After nearly 20 years in the field, Annie helped build a hospital-based IR training program designed to address staffing challenges, preceptor burnout, and the need for more structured education. Sam and Annie discuss how IR should actually be taught, where cath lab professionals and radiologic technologists should begin when cross-training, why equipment and foundational concepts matter more than memorizing procedures, and how critical thinking helps new team members build confidence.

Annie also shares how years of teaching inspired her to create her first visual textbook Simply IR: Non-Vascular - designed to make interventional radiology more approachable for technologists, nurses, students, and others entering the field.

Whether you’re considering IR, cross-training from the Cath Lab, or already working in procedural medicine, this conversation is a reminder that you don’t have to know everything on day one. You just need the right foundation.

If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe for more conversations where medicine, education, leadership, business, and personal growth collide.

Subscribe for more conversations exploring medicine, entrepreneurship, education, and the people creating meaningful change behind the scenes.

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Connect with Annie Slowinski
Instagram: @intheloop.ir

Purchase Simply IR: Non-Vascular https://intheloop.store/

Note: Sam has a financial interest in In the Loop and may financially benefit from sales of this book. She is also Annie’s mentor.

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Connect with our host Samantha at:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/

Podcast Website: www.dontmisstheconversation.com

Explore more about Sam’s Businesses for the Cath and EP Lab: https://linktr.ee/dontmissabeat-

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Podcast produced by Hi Hello Labs: https://www.hihellolabs.com/ 


Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/

More Than a Doctor: Physician Burnout, Identity & Finding Purpose with Dr. Priya Rao

What happens when your dream career no longer feels aligned with who you are?

In this episode of Don't Miss the Conversation, Samantha sits down with Dr. Priya Rao, an interventional cardiologist specializing in structural heart disease, host of The Open Heart Podcast, and founder of a growing media company focused on humanitarian storytelling.

Together, they dive into one of the most important conversations happening in medicine today: physician burnout, healthcare leadership, identity outside of work, personal branding for healthcare professionals, and what it truly means to build a purpose-driven career.

After spending more than a decade training to become an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Rao realized that professional success alone wasn't enough. She shares the story of walking away from her first attending position, traveling to Costa Rica for yoga teacher training, and rediscovering herself outside the expectations of medicine.

This conversation explores: 

• Physician burnout and emotional exhaustion
• Interventional cardiology and structural heart disease
• Healthcare leadership and culture
• Building a personal brand as a physician
• Starting a podcast while practicing medicine
• Entrepreneurship for healthcare professionals
• Women in medicine
• Trusting your intuition
• Authentic leadership
• Identity beyond your career
• Finding alignment in life and work
• Building a media company with purpose

Whether you're a physician, nurse, cath lab professional, medical student, healthcare executive, entrepreneur, or simply someone navigating a major life transition, this conversation offers practical wisdom and encouragement for building a life that's aligned with your values.If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe for more conversations where medicine, education, leadership, business, and personal growth collide.

Subscribe for more conversations exploring medicine, entrepreneurship, education, and the people creating meaningful change behind the scenes.


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Connect with Dr. Priya Rao 
Podcast: https://openheartpodcast.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/priya.rao.md/

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Connect with our host Samantha at:
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/

Podcast Website: www.dontmisstheconversation.com

Explore more about Sam’s Businesses: https://linktr.ee/dontmissabeat

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Podcast produced by Hi Hello Labs: https://www.hihellolabs.com/ 

Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/

Promoted to Cath, EP or IR Lab Manager? Here's What No One Teaches You

Most healthcare professionals spend years mastering clinical skills.

Very few are ever taught how to lead.

In this episode of Don't Miss the Conversation, Sam sits down with Shawna Defriece: a respiratory therapist, RCES, RCIS, educator, and healthcare leader, to discuss the realities of transitioning from bedside clinician to EP Lab management.

If you've ever wondered what terms like FTEs, productivity, turnover time, census, departmental budgets, staffing models, and capital requests mean - or how managers fight for their teams behind closed doors - this episode is for you.

This Week You'll learn: 

• What new EP Lab managers need to know
• How hospital budgets actually work
• Understanding productivity metrics and staffing
• How leaders advocate for additional staff
• Why turnover times matter
• Building trust between leadership and frontline staff
• Common leadership mistakes in healthcare
• The qualities every successful healthcare leader needs

Whether you're a Cath Lab professional, EP Lab professional, RCIS, RCES, respiratory therapist, paramedic, nurse manager, service line director, radiologic technologist, cardiovascular technologist, educator, supervisor, or aspiring healthcare manager, this conversation offers practical leadership lessons rarely taught in school.

Subscribe for more conversations exploring medicine, entrepreneurship, education, and the people creating meaningful change behind the scenes.

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Connect with our guest Shawna on the Don’t Miss The His social channels:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis

Connect with our host Samantha at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Podcast Website: www.dontmisstheconversation.com

Learn more about the Cath and EP Lab: https://linktr.ee/dontmissabeat

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Podcast produced by Hi Hello Labs: https://www.hihellolabs.com/ 

Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/

What does it actually take to create lasting change inside a hospital?

In this episode of Don't Miss the Conversation, Sam sits down with longtime cath lab educator Judy Mollo, whose 48-year nursing career helped shape one of the most collaborative cardiovascular teams in Central Florida.

Together they explore how healthcare teams can challenge outdated traditions, build trust across disciplines, improve education, and advocate for better patient care without creating unnecessary conflict.

Judy shares behind-the-scenes stories about helping transform the cath lab from a nurse-centered model into a truly collaborative environment where nurses, cardiovascular technologists, radiologic technologists, respiratory therapists, paramedics, and physicians all worked together as equals toward one goal: excellent patient outcomes.

They discuss:
• How to advocate for change when you're not in leadership
• Building trust between nurses, physicians, and technologists
• Why education should never become an afterthought
• Creating standardized onboarding that builds confidence
• Finding champions who can help move change forward
• The role of respect, competency, and communication in high-performing healthcare teams
• Why collaboration—not hierarchy—creates better patient care
Whether you're a nurse, cardiovascular technologist, educator, physician, healthcare leader, or simply passionate about improving healthcare culture, this conversation offers practical lessons you can apply in any clinical setting.
Sometimes the biggest changes begin with one conversation.


Connect with Samantha: 
Website: dontmisstheconversation.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthanicolepropper/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmisstheconversation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dontmisstheconversation

Samantha's Businesses Cath Lab: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissabeat/

EP Lab: https://www.instagram.com/dontmissthehis
Textbooks: https://dontmissabeat.store/

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Podcast Produced by Hi Hello Labs:
Website: https://www.hihellolabs.com/