bedpan
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She reserved her deepest attention for the orderlies who came in to change her bedpan and her sheets.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2023
Nursing notes show that Burrell was placed on a bedpan.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2022
But after one of my colleagues said it looked like a bedpan, I just couldn’t unsee the resemblance.
From The Verge ● May 28, 2022
Would people drink apple juice if it was served in a brand-new bedpan?
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
She brings the bedpan and a basin of water for me to wash my hands.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
Even as the labor market has softened, healthcare jobs have stayed plentiful: People spend on healthcare in good times and bad, and thus far, the ability to change bedpans and insert IVs hasn’t been automated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
"To be told the NHS no longer provides you with bedpans, and have to go to Amazon to have one delivered - that's not right," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2024
She was a nurse’s aide, changing bedpans and rolling patients.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2022
Her Little Sisters of the Sick Poor are prime examples, as the name suggests: They spoon-feed the toothless, comfort the grieving, scrub floors, clean wounds, change diapers, empty bedpans.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
The students scoured, wiped and dried bedpans and bottles till they shone like dinner plates.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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