The use of retail clinics and urgent care centers declined from 2022 to 2023, while emergency department use increased.

I was incredibly lucky that one of the nurses on duty saw my discomfort and did what she could to mitigate my pain.

Emergency nurses at Stanford Hospital are choosing to sleep in vans between shifts. These nurses need to be on call and within a 30-minute drive of the hospital, but many can't afford to live nearby.