Central State Hospital

Worked here for several months after many years' experience in New England. Dreadful experience. Inadequate staff and too many travel nurses.nLeft because I had a massive stroke, brought on by stress.

I was involuntarily committed due to a bad reaction I had due to my seizure medication. I unavertslystole a vehicle and had no reason too, and I was in a sleepwalking state due to the reaction to my medication. The judge exaggerated heavily about what I did. Other people said the judge exaggerated what they did to be involuntary committed. Alot of the techs were nice, but I witnessed on guy constantly scare an autistic 20 year old guy, and when the autistic guy dropped his cup of water, the tech that scared him made him clean up the mess. The staff let 2 guys fight 7 times in 2 days. The staff sing and laugh while people try to sleep. They slam doors during bed checks. I counted 3 bed checks in 5 minutes. I constantly had to move to get away from fights and stations. The nurses were nice along with most of the staff. But normal people who had 1 bad day shouldn't be put in the same pod as violent people that constantly fight and threaten to kill people. Sometimes there are just 3 women techs on duty, and they cant stop two 300 pound men from fighting. When they call for response, it takes 5 minutes for help to arrive. I saw women nurses and techs get choked, punched and thrown down. I do want to say thank you to most of the great nurses and techs that did their job great. I was kept for 3 weeks for no reason I was fine 8 hours after my incident. The doctor and judge lied and said I tried to steal the truck and that I threatened to commit suicide. Those things never happened. Alot of people in there had the same lies told. It seems like they keep you there and invent diagnoses to experiment with different medications. Alot of the people I met thought the same thing. This is the most unprofessional place I have ever witnessed or heard of.

The facility is just outdated. I'm ready for them to start breaking ground.

Horrible place to work. Very dangerous environment. The DON is unknowledgeable and will throw you under the bus!! The building is old and the work conditions are horrible. They are always short staffed and will mandate you to stay and work if they are short staffed. They always have a sign on bonus which is a trap to get nurses in the door. Stay away from this deplorable hell hole!!

get blacked out by the policeman brutally, drug here and a huge bill afterwards. Just to put up with a bunch of lazy nurses and dip ward thugs. Good luck!