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"What did I say his name was? Steven?": The Pitt and Dramatized Realities of the Emergency Department

"What did I say his name was? Steven?": The Pitt and Dramatized Realities of the Emergency Department

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This week, hosts Laura Louise Green and Kate McKiernan talk with Colorado ED Nurse Jill Hapak about her experience and thoughts about watching The Pitt while working in a trauma center. This episode was recorded March 30, 2025.


Guess how many names Laura messes up. (She meant Charlie Cox, not Charlie Day, and no, she did not say Steven.)


SPOILERS & MENTIONS: The Pitt, ER, The Studio, The Bear, White Lotus, Grey's Anatomy, Chicago Hope, Sirens, Bosch, Yellowjackets

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Mentions of suicide, physical violence, gun violence, mass casualty incidents, trauma, death & dying, substance use, and addiction

REFERENCED WORK:

Matthew Barzun, ⁠The Power of Giving Away Power

Amy Edmundson, ⁠Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams

Christina Maslach & Michael Leiter, ⁠The Burnout Challenge

Christina Maslach & Michael Leiter, ⁠Understanding the burnout experience: recent research and its implications for psychiatry

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