Is your workplace haunted?

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In the spirit of Halloween, wondering if anyone else works on a haunted unit?

I've been told we have a ghost in the wall of a room that weans oxygen. By morning, patient is no longer on O2, but neither the nurse, the respiratory therapist, or the family/patient did it.

We also have a door that rattles. People try to tell me that it's just air currents going around the hallway that does it, but that story isn't nearly as fun as the thought that ghosts are doing it.

And after a patient died, all the computer hard drives on our floor started going bad one by one. There are theories that his ghost went from computer to computer...

Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

I used to never believe that the OR I work in was really haunted. Then I worked a few third shifts, and basically did a 180. There's only 3 people working on 3rd, and the OR is very large, so that the three people can be completely separated. Lights would get turned off while you were in one of the ORs and doors would slam, and it definitely wasn't any of the other two people working that night. We also don't have an OR 13.

Ha! I am not a big believer in ghost stories, but that doesn't mean I'll say that they don't happen. I haven't been haunted or anything like that, but the LTC facility I used to work at was famous for the passing in 3s and window-opening ceremony, and we always had a chaplin come or a religious cop come and pray over the deceased. Sounds like we did what we should do to prevent hauntings. :) But who knows, right? Good, fun topic!

Specializes in Labor & Delivery, Med-surg.

Late one night, the P.A. system spontaneously started blaring loud music into the dark hallway. I ran to find my coworkers, who were terrified and hiding out in the room at the end of the hallway. When I came into the room the Care Aide collapsed to the floor, screaming, thinking I was the ghost. This event was never explained, as the control switch for the P.A. is inside a locked closet.

Many times in the two and a half years I have worked at my hospital I have seen charts fall to the floor and TVs turn on when no one is in the room. But over the past month or so we have had four pt's tell us about a little girl in their room. Every single one has been completely alert and oriented not on any narcs... One pt had full on conversations with her for hours. It is the weirdest thing ... It seems like every few days someone else is talking about this little girl....

Jeweles26, I did not write my comment with the intention of offending anyone, so if I have offended you, I apologize. I was merely stating my point of view (with the intent to be as unbiased as possible).

So.. enjoy your Kool-Aid?

Kidding aside, please don't take my comment as a personal offense. Not meaning to spoil anyone's fun!

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