Patient Belongings
Hey all. I am an RN working inpatient psych on a high acuity unit at a hospital. How do your inpatient psych hospital units handle patient belongings? Do you search and inventory? Do you let them access certain belongings at any time?Do you also let patients wear their own clothes if they are not on elopement precautions? Specifically asking about hospital inpatient psych where patient length of stay is generally a week or so (of course with the odd case staying much much longer or even shorter) Thank you!