What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

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Members are sharing personal experiences and stories related to ghosts, spirits, and paranormal occurrences in healthcare settings. Some members discuss encounters with deceased loved ones or unexplained phenomena, while others share their interest in ghost stories and movies like "Doctor Sleep" and "The Shining." There is a mix of skepticism, curiosity, and belief in the supernatural among the forum participants.

Nursing is a profession that often involves long lonely night shifts in eerie hospital wards. It's a perfect breeding ground for ghost stories. These stories often involve sightings of apparitions, strange noises, and unexplained events that are said to have taken place in hospitals, hospices, and other healthcare settings. Some of these stories are believed to be based on true events, while others are purely fictional. Regardless, they continue to captivate and intrigue both nurses and non-nurses alike - providing a spooky glimpse into the world of healthcare after dark.

I know you have seen and heard freaky things. Share your nursing ghost stories...

Ya know, I really wonder if there really is a place under that village.

Fran, What village? I didnt see the show can you tell me what you mean- this stuff fascinates me.

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Specializes in Home Health Care.

This morning around 0330am, I went to work out in the staff exercise room on the alleged haunted 4th floor. I've been told others have seen figures of a little girl and an elderly woman running around up there. I haven't seen or heard a thing, however, I did have a strange experience up there today. I using the treadmill for about 10 minutes then distinctly remember that I pushed the stop button so I could get some water. (My machine came to a complete stop). I then got off, got some water and decided to use the elliptical machine next to it. I was just telling the fellow RN in the room with me, that I feel really comfortable working out in there after hearing all the ghost stories. Just then the treadmill started up. We didn't panic, just looked at each other and finished our work outs. We are hoping it was just a computer glitch or something, because that really weird. :uhoh3:

This tread should be should be made a sticky!

This thread should be should be made a sticky!

Specializes in LTC, Sub-Acute, Hopsice.

Ok. I started to read this thread about 2 hours ago. I have not been able to stop. It is now 9:56pm and I really need to go to bed...but maybe not to sleep? I figured I would click on the "last" button to see how many pages there are, I am on page 14. I guess I will be reading this thread for a few days as I see at least 114 pages!!!!! I have a couple of my own, the first is in an older LTC that I worked 3-11 as my first job out of RN school (23 yrs ago). I worked a double and of course the conversation with the other night nurse was ghost sightings. She said that there was a nurse that would patrol the hallways at night, in 40s or 50s style uniform, going in and out of the rooms. This home was an older home, first built in the 40s, but the wing I worked on (and was on that night) was only 1 year old. The nurses on the older wing also would see her. She was only seen from the nurses station if no one else was on the hallway (nurse or aide). If you got up to check, she would disappear.

The other is the last LTC that I worked at. The building started as a small, one story 32 bed facility, built in the 50s. After much construction in the late 90s and early 2001, there was now a sprawling 2 story assisted living facility with a small third story long-term care unit. There were was one bed, 314B, that we called the death bed. In the 2 years that I worked there every patient that was in that bed would die within a month or so. EVERY ONE. Whether the patient was very infirm and near death or was very well and no where near death. Even a couple of very healthy patients who were in the unit for short term rehab and had very little wrong with them. We were reluctant to place anyone in that bed...but at times joked about putting someone there when they would get on the very last thread of your very last nerve. The ironic thing about that room is the patient in 314A has been in that bed since the unit opened and is 101 years old.

And about talking to long lost loved ones just prior to death...The reason I no longer work at that last LTC facility (and as I re-read my post the reason I am saying patient and not resident) is I now work in hospice. In the past year that I have been in hospice I have seen many people die, and many of them talk to long lost loved ones. I also saw this many times in long-term care. I count myself fortunate that I have not seen the black spirit...I truly believe that that is the grim reaper coming to take their soul to hell. I know people who have seen it and they say there is an awful feeling when it is around.

Specializes in LTC, Sub-Acute, Hopsice.

"I work in a LTC facility, and the strange things always happen on the night shift (around 3 a.m.)!

This was posted 10-3-05 (!) but I have to respond. I have been told that 3AM is the "witching hour", the most powerful time of the night for spells and the time that spirits are most active. Why 3 and not midnight I have no idea. I am very interested in paranormal activities and most of these posts are very interesting, except for schroders_piano post about the possession...that has freaked me out for 2 days...and will probably continue to. I copied and pasted it and sent it to my sister (not a nurse) as I am sure it will freak her out too. Misery loves company!!!

Specializes in community health, LTC, SNF, Tele-Health.

The 3 AM thing has something to do with it being half of 6 and 666 is the devil's mark. I'll do some poking around and find the exact answer. I'm with you on the black spirit Auntie...I freaked my sister out with the schroders_piano story too...but she's a nurse too.

this is in response about the cat that senses death post (somewhere farther back in the thread). when i was growing up my housekeeper told us superstitious tales and one was that you never let your cat sleep in the same room as you because they suck your soul up. its a mexican urban legend. anyways haha i just remembered that after reading a post about it. just thought i would share!:cheers:

Specializes in Obs & gynae theatres.

I'm a sceptic but have spent ages reading all these stories and think they're great.

However, given your nursing backgrounds I'm surprised that so many of you fervently believe given that you know the effects that stress, medication, illness, extreme tiredness, nightshifts etc can have on the mind.

Look up Occams Razor.

Specializes in Geriatrics.

I was working as an aide years ago in MN, at a dual care facility. the side i worked on used to be a real old tuberculosis hospital from back in the day. they tore down the old building and replaced in with the one i was working in. it was less than 5 years old i believe. anyhow,...

I would be the ONLY one that stayed until about 11p.m on that side of the building. think MILES of hallways. it was independent living with "services" so i was doing my 100mph med-pass and i noticed the radio was on. i looked around (NO-ONE in sight) and flipped it off.....i entered and exited a residents room within 1 minute and there it was, on again.....no kidding.

this happened several times, ALWAYS the radio.....

then everyday all the residents complaining someone walking up and down the halls, knocking on their doors at all hours of the night. 3 and 4 am.....many residents complained of this for years....

i remember coming in one day for shift and they were installing security cameras. this is how often the knocking happened....not sure if anything came of it.....moved back to CA.

MN itself is creepy....

Specializes in Geriatrics and Quality Improvement,.

Working the nih shift always puts one in the range of seeing ghosts...or feeling them.

I just finished reading a book by Chris Moore titled A Dirty Job. Well, the jist of the story you will have to read, but there is a charachter called Minty, and he is a 6 foot tall black man, who is a death merchant, helping souls of those who die.

Well, I am at work 2 days after finishing the book, and one of my patients says... who is that tall black man at the desk? I look. Nobody. I say, where is he? and ask all the appropriate questions about what else he sees behind the desk. That is all normal. When he is insistant, I say, his name is Minty! He is a good guy, you can talk to him. But if he actually comes in the room, you gotta let me know.

I tell the rest of the staff, and they are cracking up(and now want to read the book)

Well, I have off for a few days, cant wait to get back and see... if Minty helped this man. :specs:

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