bedpan
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Among the new finds are an anchor, glass bottles and a bedpan, according to a statement from the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
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
She’s sleeping and I feel bad making her get up to bring me the bedpan.
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
Some describe the closeness they have with the people whose bedpans they change, whose medications they administer.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
I was the lowest form of nurse, taking the bedpans, and I met a kind of different person than I had before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2016
The sixth night I spent in the ward both bedpans were suddenly and mysteriously missing.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
