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
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
Today, she cannot do anything for herself, relies on bedpans and is unable to bathe, shower or dress herself.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 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
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
“I was there, cleaning out the bedpans on that detention from Snape, remember?”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
