bedside

The place next to a bed, especially where someone sits or stands to care for a sick person.

• There is a lamp by my bedside.
• The nurse stood at the patient’s bedside.
• He refused to leave his daughter’s bedside.

How to use it: at/by someone’s bedside (Her father sat at her bedside all night.)

Common phrases: at the bedside, by the bedside, leave someone’s bedside

In “bedside manner”, the way a doctor talks to and treats patients.

• Our doctor has a good bedside manner.
• Patients appreciated her gentle bedside manner.
• His poor bedside manner made me feel nervous.

Common phrases: bedside manner, good bedside manner, poor bedside manner