It was comforting to have the doctor and nurses. They were at my beck and call.

I don't have to. I just go for checkups. My heart doesn't seem to bother me at all.

I feel great. If I didn't have a bad leg, I'd be perfect.

Most of the nurses at my hospital did not turn their patients every two hours, mostly because it is so hard to get staff members to help. Also, many are very well aware of the dangers of back injury.

If he thinks there are not two Americas, I call on him to talk with the 170 nurses you've sent to New Orleans and Mississippi and Texas,

[When there are enough nurses on a unit, they can pick up subtle changes in patients before complications develop.] It's hard to measure what doesn't happen, ... Nurses prevent very bad things from happening.