Prairie Saint Johns Hospital

Reviews 6

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Jeffrey Hunt

Well my experience was awful. I really wanted and needed to be there and I did hit almost all programming....... Until I got the call from a well known software company whom I really wanted to go to work for. In less than a couple of hours they made me pack up almost 6 weeks of material, clothes and everything else and they literally threw me out to a homeless shelter. All for going on a job interview. Mind you I did my very best to schedule this that didnt conflict with (2)hours programming. As hard as I tried, the headhunters couldnt reschedule..... Awful experience #2 A couple of other things went on. I attended the Saturday morning mens meeting, and as I was getting out of the very back of the van, my foot slipped off the steps and I took a hard tumble out of the van and onto the concrete walkway. This caused a concussion and I still to this day have some of the aftereffects. Blurred vision..... Prairie told me that I shouldnt have (cheeked) my medications and that is what caused me to fall. Ya Right! Id NEVER cheeked anything in my life..... What a lame excuse for an accident. They were trying to avoid a negligence lawsuit... And I was never going to do that. Now, Ive hit rock bottom and am almost dead.... REALLY! I cant quit using, at least on my own... And Prairie wont let me back in. I just wonder how long I must be punished! Its been 3 years now and Ive had evaluations done there, and got down into being admitted part.... And all the sudden Jacki came out and said I couldnt go there. Their excuse, I need a higher level of care... And get this. Prairie is a hospital..... They said I needed CCRI Creative Care for Reaching Independence and Sharehouse. Neither is a hospital setting. What a joke. I would NOT recommend them as your first choice when looking for recovery. I could go on but they do a great service and save lives..... Bottom line....

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jason lambert

I was a patient here as a teenager and came back to work as a Psych Tech (they require 2 years since being a patient before applying). Being on both sides I have a unique view of this place. Ive also been to several other mental health facilities for comparison. As a honest review Id say the treatment here is appropriate and the staff, as a whole, do their job. The nurses and other techs here are human just like at any other hospital. After being attacked by patients, working double shifts, and getting called the N*gger by both young and old people...staff will sometimes lose their composure. The worst youll get from staff is being talked to like theyre youre parent. Youll never be neglected, forced medications, or hit...ever. This place is a mental health hospital, no ER, no med-surg. The staff has much better tolerance for patient behavior than places like Essentia or Sanford. Those nurses are not full-time psych and it shows in their treatment of patients. They threaten patients "if you dont take these pills, well restrain you or the police will take you to jail, etc.." We dont use restraints and Ive never seen a seclusion in my 2 years here. Take the other reviews for what their worth....mental health patients with suicidal ideation and/or drug addiction wondering why they cant smoke in their rooms, have cell phones, and shoe strings.

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Poop Sock

Not a lot of treatment, a whole lot of playing cards, watching tv, and going to one-size-fits-all groups that by that virtue didnt really help that much. I am giving this three stars for two reasons: 1) Its just the same or worse at any other inpatient treatment center. I peg it to the 1:167 ratio rule: 1 hour of actual treatment per week and the other 167 are spent on cards/tv/pacing/sleeping/bashing your head against a wall in boredom. Seriously, unless youre going to kill yourself and you want to be in an environment where that wont be possible for a while, stick with outpatient. Inpatient just houses you, feeds you, and keeps you from killing yourself for a few thousand dollars a day. 2) I met a fantastic psychiatrist there (not Dr. Egypt), Dr. Jenny Frissell. I have never had a talk therapist help me, but she was the first. I got referrals and now Im seeing a specialist she recommended on an outpatient basis and its going well. Oh, but huge thumbs down for Dr. Egypt. Anyone whos been there knows who Im talking about; yeah, hes from Egypt if you were wondering. He does not freaking listen, he just dominates the conversation in your 5-minute med check and thats it. Im as autistic as the day is long and he diagnosed me with schizophrenia; those two are polar opposites. That guys a turkey, to put it mildly.

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Chris Gist

Looking for empathy, compassion, understanding and patience, in a secure environment around knowledgeable and sympathetic staff? Look elsewhere. I was a volunteer admit(non-chemically dependant). Im also a chronic pain patient. The 1st 3 days I suffered unmedicated from my pain medication, and the Arabic doctor who had met with me on 1st day for <5 minutes and through unintelligible words removed my nerve medication Id been taking for 16 years which through me into severe withdrawal. A fellow patient said they overhead a nurse say they didnt believe I looked like I was hurting. Most nurses are argument provocative, and base their feelings on when you should take your medication, regardless of the scheduling. I left this hospital so quickly and angrily yesterday I skipped the exit survey made it to my car and Lord Jesus be praised found a bottle of my nerve medication and 16 hours later(at home) Im finally calming down and losing my previously unknown cursing tongue. This place is truly hell on Earth. Many suffered here, and from my own experience and from others, avoid at all costs. Josef Mengele could make himself feel at home here.

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Cadence Walther

It was fair I guess, there is so much to say I guess. In March I was there for about a week. I am rating it a 3 because I am kinda happy but still kinda mad. It is true they do have some pretty poor conditions. But most of the staff are very helpful and patient. I thanked them when I left and I am glad I did. I hated that it cost so much money to be safe! My god, if I knew that it was thousands of dollars a night, I wouldve went to a counsler. It wasnt my choice, but it was also helpful. I am 12 years old, so I was in the childrens unit, the kids shouldve been in there. Sure it was kinda boring but I guess evryone needs a minute to think and figure themselves out. If you are thinking to send anyone you know here, think for a second, it is nessary? Is it worth the money, the time, the effort? Sometimes it is, but dont make the mistake I did and not make the right choice. Talk with your doctor about medications or therapy. Have a big dicussion with your family, friends, doctor, anybody even your dog! Remember to think...

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T B

Having had family and personal use of this institution, I understand if you live in the area and there are no other options, other than Sanford. The in-patient doctor, Dr A., charges a full hour for 15 mins of Px interaction, simply because he can take advantage of the pockets of the mentally vulnerable. Nobody is there to validate the charges and times associated. There is no follow through with the billing claims. Once discharged, they send your bill attributed to Doctor fees separately to a third party for payment; so you end up having to pay institutional fees separately. I was told that my insurance had covered my treatment, however later was not actually covered. I spent over an entire years income at Prairie, despite having private health insurance. Clearly, profit comes before patients at this place. It saddens me that individuals getting treated for trauma have to undergo further financial trauma to heal.

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