Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A shallow receptacle for the urine and feces of persons confined to bed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pan for warming beds; a warming-pan.
- noun A necessary utensil for the use of persons confined to bed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pan for warming beds.
- noun A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A variety of
chamber pot that is used while still inbed , generally for reasons ofmedical necessity or convenience
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination
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Examples
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Your process may not require all 40 steps -- some of which involve offering the patient a bedpan, sponge bathing and replacing protective covers under the bedsheets -- but it surely takes more steps than we tend to think about as we hurriedly make our own beds in the morning.
Marki Flannery: 40 Steps to Making a Bed... And Other Lessons in Caregiving Marki Flannery 2012
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Making up the bed begins with offering a bedpan and includes a sponge bath and a change of clothes, so both the patient and the bedsheets start out fresh and clean with every change.
Marki Flannery: 40 Steps to Making a Bed... And Other Lessons in Caregiving Marki Flannery 2012
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He was comforting, even lighthearted as he held the bedpan while Geraldine vomited, and when he rubbed her neck and legs to relieve their deep, persistent pain, smiling and making jokes to lessen her embarrassment.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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For any caregiver, wash hands and change gloves after coming in contact with something potentially unclean, such as a bedpan or unchanged sheet.
Marki Flannery: 40 Steps to Making a Bed... And Other Lessons in Caregiving Marki Flannery 2012
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Your process may not require all 40 steps -- some of which involve offering the patient a bedpan, sponge bathing and replacing protective covers under the bedsheets -- but it surely takes more steps than we tend to think about as we hurriedly make our own beds in the morning.
Marki Flannery: 40 Steps to Making a Bed... And Other Lessons in Caregiving Marki Flannery 2012
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Whenever standards fell short – whenever, in Aneurin Bevan's phrase, a bedpan was dropped – the echoes would reverberate through Whitehall.
Medical care: The non-national health service | Editorial 2011
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He was comforting, even lighthearted as he held the bedpan while Geraldine vomited, and when he rubbed her neck and legs to relieve their deep, persistent pain, smiling and making jokes to lessen her embarrassment.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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He was comforting, even lighthearted as he held the bedpan while Geraldine vomited, and when he rubbed her neck and legs to relieve their deep, persistent pain, smiling and making jokes to lessen her embarrassment.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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He was comforting, even lighthearted as he held the bedpan while Geraldine vomited, and when he rubbed her neck and legs to relieve their deep, persistent pain, smiling and making jokes to lessen her embarrassment.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Making up the bed begins with offering a bedpan and includes a sponge bath and a change of clothes, so both the patient and the bedsheets start out fresh and clean with every change.
Marki Flannery: 40 Steps to Making a Bed... And Other Lessons in Caregiving Marki Flannery 2012
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