So in my hospital you are put at the nurses station until the psychiatrist can come and do an assessment. They take your cloths. If they admit you your lead back to a locked room where there are nurses and security. A nurse takes you to a smaller room and you have to undress and stand there while they take notes of all marks on your body. Then your allowed to get dressed.They will not let you have your shoes, belts, dentures and wired bras. Then you wait for them to get a bed for you. In my hospital the only thing you're allowed to bring is clothing. They provide everything else.

When you're taken upstairs they do another intake about your symptoms and the meds you're currently on. They order those meds and you see the pdoc the next day. In the mean time there are groups, meals and lights out.

The second day+ you see the pdoc, have groups and meals until they feel you're no longer a danger. my shortest time there was 3 days my longest was 9 days. If you're thinking about IP means you need it.