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i really want to tell patients and families that if they have something that is very special to them such a piece of jewelry, rosary, or any other item that has monetary and/or sentimental value, leave it at home, for crying out loud!! one of our elderly patients has lost something that has sentimental value to it and now the family and patient are upset with the hospital staff. i try to tell families and patients at admission to take that stuff home or lock it into our hospital safe, not to leave it in the room. i doubt if someone ripped this off. i think the pt laid this item down on the bed on the bedside table and it fell off and got swept away. or it went it got tangled up in the sheets and was sent to laundry...i never saw this item. i just had this patient this weekend and the pt did not have the item at that time....what a mess...i barely have enough time to take care of my patients without having to spend time looking for stuff that shouldn't have been with the patient anyway!