bedpan
(bed′pan″)
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A pan placed under a bedridden patient for collecting feces and urine. Many diseases, e.g., Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, and dementia, can confine a patient to bed, necessitating the use of bedpans.
PATIENT CARE
Using a bedpan is uncomfortable and awkward and requires more exertion from the patient than using a bedside toilet. Patients, esp. those recovering from myocardial infarction, should not be forced to use a bedpan if it is possible for them to use a bedside toilet.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Bedpan." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730639/all/bedpan.
Bedpan. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730639/all/bedpan. Accessed December 10, 2024.
Bedpan. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730639/all/bedpan
Bedpan [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730639/all/bedpan.
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