Patient gown

"Hospital gown" redirects here. For gowns worn by healthcare personnel as personal protective equipment, see Medical gown.
Hospital gown worn by a young patient.

A hospital gown, sometimes called a johnny gown[1] or johnny, especially in Canada and New England,[2] is "a long loose piece of clothing worn in a hospital by someone doing or having an operation".[3] It can be used as clothing for bedridden patients.[4]

  1. ^ Kobayashi, Erin (May 11, 2007). "If the hospital gown fits ..." Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  2. ^ Frey, Rita; Cooper, Lisa Shearer (1996). Introduction to Nursing Assisting: Building Language Skills. Delmar Learning. p. 264. ISBN 0-8273-6233-1.
  3. ^ "gown: noun". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Pearson ELT. Retrieved September 20, 2013. 3: a long loose piece of clothing worn in a hospital by someone doing or having an operation.
  4. ^ Carter, Pamela J. (June 1, 2007). Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-78176-685-2.