America’s ER crisis: Why the system is collapsing from within

The Pitt was compelling TV.

As an emergency nurse educator for a Stanford campus in Northern California, there is one thing that is required viewing for my new graduate nurses: The Pitt.

The ambitious series did an admirable job portraying the complex world of the emergency department. The procedures were clinically accurate. The spectrum of patients and social issues was nuanced and believable. They even showcased the incidence of post-COVID PTSD, an …

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