patient room![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Room for hospitalized patients; it can be private (one bed), semiprivate (two beds) or common (more than two beds).
privacy curtain ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Curtain used to separate one patient’s area from another’s or to provide privacy.
patient ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Person who undergoes treatment, a medical examination or a surgical procedure.
resident ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Graduate of medicine who does an apprenticeship of varying duration in a hospital as the final stage of medical training.
nurse ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Holder of a degree in nursing, the nurse treats patients under the direction of the physician.
physician ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Holder of a degree in medicine, the physician establishes the diagnosis and prescribes treatment and medication.
intravenous stand ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Long metal rod with a hook that is supported by a base with casters; it is used to suspend a bag containing a solution that is slowly and continuously injected into the patient.
oxygen outlet ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device that supplies oxygen to a patient’s room.
bedside lamp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Adjustable light fixture secured to the wall at the head of the bed.
toilet ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Plumbing fixture used to receive bodily waste; it has a bowl and a flusher.
shower ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Sanitary fixture for washing the body under a spray of water.
bathroom ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Room designed for personal hygiene; it is equipped with running water and sanitary fixtures.
patient’s chair ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Chair for a patient or visitor.
overbed table ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Table with casters and a tray that slides over the bed.
bedside table ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Small table placed at the head of a bed; it might contain one or more drawers.
hospital bed ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Bed with an articulated base, casters and bars.