Talk:Hospital volunteer

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I took out the line "This task can be particularly unpleasant, since most inpatients with illness severe enough to justify hospital admission have difficulty regulating their orifices" because that statment is stupid, wrong, and rediculous. What evidence do you have thatr MOST hospital inpatients are incontinent???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.154.78 (talk) 03:00, 25 November 2005

Have you actually worked in healthcare? The general policy of most American hospitals these days is to discharge patients as soon as they are somewhat ambulatory---even if they are still all bandaged up and scarred and have limbs in casts and so on. By definition, someone who is ambulatory can usually run or walk to the bathroom in time (except for some senior citizens).

Also, it's not just a matter of incontinence. Sick people also cough, sneeze, bleed, vomit, and so on, and generally get a large amount of bodily fluids all over the bedding. If someone's in good enough shape to walk, they wouldn't be in the hospital---they'd be coughing and puking all over the place at home. --Coolcaesar 03:06, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Do take care not to add an American bias to the article. I don't know if there are hospitals abroad that house patients that can get themselves to the bathroom a couple of times a day. Do you? 160.94.120.167 (talk) 20:54, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Where can I find a hospital with candystripers that still wear the uniform?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.115.172.230 (talk) 08:15, 27 March 2008 (UTC)