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...

Shannon77:

Witchcraft is another "religion" that apparently, many people believe in. I just think of it as, creative hollywood big bucks main theme. Or, I guess it's safe to say it's sorta like- American voodoo?

Some folks literally take "Harry Potter movies" TOO far.

I wonder if ghosts also have their own "preferred religion" to hang with?

What is an ETHER? I have never heard of that term other than the name for an old fashioned medication that was used in the early 50s to sedate a patient prior to surgery. The stuff made me vomit.

LOL... I took physics and always heard of ether as in reference to time and spaces and such.

I would like to say (uhmm) Ether is conscious gases-- but in nursing terms that would mean something totally opposite of what I am trying to difine LOL:lol2:

anyway here are a few of the definitions for it:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ether

Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
Shannon77:

Witchcraft is another "religion" that apparently, many people believe in. I just think of it as, creative hollywood big bucks main theme. Or, I guess it's safe to say it's sorta like- American voodoo?

Some folks literally take "Harry Potter movies" TOO far.

I wonder if ghosts also have their own "preferred religion" to hang with?

Well, there's voodoo, and there's Wicca. Those are two completely different things. People who practice voodoo don't consider themselves witches.

And, vegas, love, Wicca is nothing like Harry Potter.

Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..
Okay..JW's don't have "exorcism"...Been a JW for 32 years (yes...that means my whole life!) and have never ever ever heard of an exorcism for JW's. My FIL is (and my grandfather was before he died) an elder and um...well...still never heard of it!

However, yes, I fully believe that demons attach to things. I knew an older JW sister that used to be a witch. I mean hard core, make tables walk across the room "witch". She knew that demons were attached to things and that is how alot of "magic" works. Her stories were enough to make your blood turn cold!

This is why I won't go to or watch magic shows. And I don't like the Harry Potter stuff either. Who really rides around on brooms? No sane person for sure.
Specializes in Peds, PACU, ICU, ER, OB, MED-Surg,.

I was a float nurse and went to ICU that day. Got a patient that was DNR and not too far from dying. I've never had a patient die on my shift (knock on wood) and didn't want to start that day. I prayed that I would do everything to make patient comfortable and see to all of his needs if God could wait until after my shift to take him. Long story short at change of shift he started dropping his sats, bp and hr and died at 1945. Deal made.

Have you noticed the way some patients know when they are going to die? I had one who was alert, oriented and ambulatory call me to the bedside and told me to call his family, that he was dieing. I reassured him that his vital signs were good I looked forward to seeing him tomorrow on my next shift. Sure enough the next day he died before my shift started.

Specializes in Acute Care, CM, School Nursing.

Whew! I finally finished reading all of these posts. It took me about a week, but it was worth it!

We told a new grad that she had to weigh patients after they die to make sure the spirit has left before they can go to the morgue...

We told a new grad that she had to weigh patients after they die to make sure the spirit has left before they can go to the morgue...

:hhmth:

Must.remember.that.one! ROFL Hilarious!

Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.
:hhmth:

Must.remember.that.one! ROFL Hilarious!

And she believed you??

Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..
We told a new grad that she had to weigh patients after they die to make sure the spirit has left before they can go to the morgue...
:yeah: Did she believe you? :lol2:

That's actually pretty offensive. Yes Witchcraft, Wicca and Paganism are all religions. It's got nothing to do with 'Harry Potter' movies as you have said. These religions have been around for thousands of years.

Don't knock it just because you don't believe in it. And before you ask no I'm not Wiccan, Witch or Pagan, nor am I affiliated with any other religion. I just don't believe that people should rip on what other people believe.

Shannon77:

Witchcraft is another "religion" that apparently, many people believe in. I just think of it as, creative hollywood big bucks main theme. Or, I guess it's safe to say it's sorta like- American voodoo?

Some folks literally take "Harry Potter movies" TOO far.

I wonder if ghosts also have their own "preferred religion" to hang with?

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