Word: distressfully
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Some 20,000 patients are killed every year by infections they pick up in America's hospitals. What made Strunk's case particularly significant was her husband's contention that Strunk died largely because the hospital staff members to whom she described her distress were not registered nurses but "patient-care technicians" who lacked the expertise to interpret her complaints. In 1994, the year of Strunk's operation, the Christ Hospital had turned to what management consultants call "patient-focused care," a system in which such bedside tasks as taking vital signs and answering call buttons are performed by unlicensed...
...into the Hudson River. He stopped, handed his wallet to a bystander and leaped in after her. Although the impact knocked him out briefly, he reached Cappozza; a boat sent from shore pulled them from the water. Says Spring Valley fire chief Robert Schultz: "He saw a woman in distress and did what he is trained...
...Gussow's book the Irish actor Jack MacGowran says Beckett's subject was "human distress, not human despair." In fact, the Gate Theatre season--surely, in its scope, power and wit, this year's great theatrical event--proves that Beckett's subject was human beings. And Knowlson's biography proves that Beckett was one of them...
...Toss the Tums? The antacids and acid suppressors that ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS routinely down to alleviate the stomach distress caused by aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs may help the tummy feel better. But, warn researchers, they may also mask serious disorders like stomach bleeding...
...anyone familiar with the litany of distress knows, choice in some form is appealing. Falling test scores, rising dropout rates and poor teaching demand drastic change...