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 lifts me with the pole, the way the nurse showed her, and slides the bedpan under my backside.
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
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
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
Her mother was a nurse at the hospital, counting pills, drawing blood, changing bedpans, no stranger to night and double shifts.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
