Girlfriend in mental hospital. This is already a tough situation as it is but wh!

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She's in the ward surrounded by several staff members, who keep a 24 hour watch and may not even shut off the lights when patients go to bed. It's highly unlikely that any sort of sexual misconduct would occur, even if she is surrounded by pig-headed imbeciles. The best she can do is tell the staff every time an incident occurs, and casually tell the male patients "**** off, I'm taken".

She is in a mixed-gender psychiatric hospital? (Didn't know they do that...) Or are the advances coming from people who work there?

If the former, complain to the administration higher ups and ask them to accommodate your girlfriend. Also, understand that some things are unavoidable and overall, assuming she is in a decent hospital, she should be safe.

If the latter, and this is happening from employees, complain like Hell to the administration higher ups and demand anyone making passes at patients gets removed from that floor at the very least... seeing that is amazingly unprofessional, I assure you they will roll heads of anyone doing it.


Tell her parents also? There are other hospitals most likely, and not all 'mixed gender' I would imagine.

Maybe you should go above the staffs heads to their supervisors. Is this a youth facility? And is it co-ed? Or are the staff members flirting with her? There are strict guidelines in place at these types of facilities for that particular reason. If you guys are young, her parents need to be aware of the situation. If my daughter was in there for help and I knew about this I would put her somewhere else to where she can concentrate on getting healthy and feel safe. As far as making it less stressful for her, just be there for her as much as you can. As far as making it less stressful for you... Pray, and if you don't believe in that, take a break from worring and do something you enjoy at least once a day to refresh your mind so when you get back you can be strong for both of you. I hope this helps.

When in nursing school I did my internship at a youth mental facility

Is it the staff who is making comments or the other patients? If it's the staff, she needs to talk to someone higher up, not just the person on duty. If it's another patient, probably the only thing she could do would be move to a different hospital, maybe even one that has separate wings for male and female patients.

Can't you take her out of there?