Word: avoiding
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...just try to be aware of it and avoid contact with it as much as possible," said Paul. "It's not a major fear...
...company is becoming more conservative or reining in its young stars. Roger Servison, executive vice president of Fidelity Investments, says the company has "tweaked" the system. "It was not totally reinvented," he says. "But there is more control over risk management and better coordination within and among groups to avoid duplication." Adds Vanderheiden: "The culture of performance is still there. But they're saying, 'Take a little of the amplitude off the bottom and the top.' People here are grappling with how to do that." (To an outsider, taking the amplitude off the bottom and the top implies taking fewer...
...skilling of the personnel on the floor is really alarming," warns Dr. David S. Rubsamen, a California physician and lawyer whose Professional Liability Newsletter instructs doctors on how to avoid and defend malpractice suits. "Nursing involves all kinds of subtle perceptions. If you say, 'I'm coughing. I feel anxious' to a registered nurse, that means pulmonary embolism. Try that on a para-something-or-other who's been trained for six months." Nevertheless, patient-focused care is becoming the staffing pattern of choice throughout the country. Facing reduced reimbursements from Medicare, Medicaid and managed-care plans, hospitals must...
Ingrid A. Gaines '99-'98, another Eliot resident, said she might avoid Simpson because she disagrees with his political views...
Mediators are trained in facilitated listening, a skill Epps said is useful for all students because "learning to listen helps prepare you to avoid stereotyping...