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
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
The curriculum covers the practical aspects of working in a nursing home: bed-making, catheter care, using a bedpan and transferring residents from a wheelchair to a bed.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
That all of it — the ancient text, the washed dish, the emptied bedpan — manifests love and death.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
The door is barely closed before I fling my laptop open, calling Stella on Skype as I lie upside down off my bed, pink bedpan in one hand for mucus disposal.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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
She was a nurse’s aide, changing bedpans and rolling patients.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2022
Today, she cannot do anything for herself, relies on bedpans and is unable to bathe, shower or dress herself.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2022
Barraza has been known to empty bedpans when the housekeeper is too busy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
The sixth night I spent in the ward both bedpans were suddenly and mysteriously missing.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
