A client has been admitted to the health care facility for observation and will return home the same evening. The client has a gold ring, watch, reading glasses, and other personal belongings
What care should the nurse take with regard to these objects? A) Ask the client's relatives to take the belongings home.
B) Keep the client's belongings secured in a locker.
C) Allow the client to wear them unless moving out of the room.
D) Hand over the belongings to the admitting department.
B
Feedback:
The nurse should keep the client's belongings secured in a locker. This is what is normally done for clients who are not expected to stay longer than 24 hours in the health care facility. Relatives of clients who may stay for a longer time will be asked to take back the belongings. Health care facilities do not permit clients to wear ornaments or keep their belongings with them during their stay at the facility. The admitting department does not take responsibility for clients' belongings.
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