Inpatient (Noun)
Meaning
A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The surgeon attended to the inpatient with the most severe injury first.
- At the hospital, each inpatient was assigned a unique identifier for easy tracking.
- Visiting hours for the inpatients were strictly from 2 pm to 5 pm.
- After surgery, she was wheeled to her room as an inpatient for further observation.
- The nurse took the inpatients' vital signs and documented them in their medical records.