Things in the ward

Question 1

Bedspread

Answer 1

Covers the bed to keep off the dust

Question 2

Pillow

Answer 2

To rest patient head on

Question 3

Bedpan

Answer 3

Patient confined to a bed will have to use this to urinate and defecate

Question 4

Call button

Answer 4

Patients use this when they need to call a nurse

Question 5

Name band

Answer 5

For identification, this is worn by patients around their wrists

Question 6

Trolley

Answer 6

Narrow bed for tranporting patients

Question 7

Basin

Answer 7

Wash your hands here

Question 8

Hoist

Answer 8

A mechanical device used for lifting and moving patients

Question 9

Curtains

Answer 9

Drawn around a patient’s bed to provide some privacy

Question 10

Sheets

Answer 10

Two of these on the bed are straightened regularly and washed every few days

Question 11

Tray

Answer 11

Meals are brought to the bed on this

Question 12

Blanket

Answer 12

Keeps patients warm

Question 13

Urine bottle

Answer 13

Male patients confined to bed use this to urinate

Question 14

Monkey pole

Answer 14

Suspended above the bed, this can be used by the patient to pull themselves up

Question 15

Mattress

Answer 15

Patients lie on this- sometimes hard, sometimes soft

Question 16

Drip stand

Answer 16

IV fluid are suspended on this

Question 17

Wheelchair

Answer 17

Patients who can sit up comfortably can be transported in one of these

Question 18

Crutch

Answer 18

a broken leg will need 2 of these to get around

Question 19

Vase

Answer 19

For flowers

Question 20

Oxygen point

Answer 20

A mask and tube from this will supply oxygen to the patient

Question 21

Observations chart

Answer 21

The patient’s condition is recorded here