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...

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Specializes in Intermediate care.
I'd have to say nurse managers. I've heard they exist, but I very rarely see one.

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Originally Posted by schroeders_piano

The rose petals just started floating down from the ceiling. It was like someone was just showering the room with them. This has happened several times over the years.

My creepiest and scariest ghost story for me happened about a year ago. It really was more of a posession than a ghost story. I was helping another nurse with a patient that had lived a very hard life. It had numerous things going on with him from cardiac to renal failure. You name it, he had it going on. This man was very much afraid to die. Every time his heart monitor beeped, he would just go into a rage screaming, "Don't let me die! Don't let me die!" The other nurse and I found out why he didn't want to die. About 0200 his cardiac monitor starts alarming V-Tach. We both rush into the room. I am pulling the crash cart behing me. When I get to the room, the other nurse is completely white. This man was sitting about 2 inches above the bed and was laughing. His whole look completely changed. His eyes just had a look of pure evil on them and he had this evil smile on his face. He laughed at us and said, " You stupid b****es aren't going to let me die will you?" and he laughed again. We were kinda frozen. I did reach up and hit the Code Blue button and when I did the man went into V-fib. He crashed back onto the bed. We started coding him, but after 20 minutes it was called. 5 minutes after the code was called several of the code team is in the room cleaning up when this man sits straight up in the bed and says, " You let him die. Too bad." and then begins laughing. The man collapsed back to the bed. We heard a horrible, agonizing scream ( actually every patient in the unit that night commented on the scream), and then you could hear "don't let me die" being whispered throughout the unit. Everyone of the nurses that night was pale and scared. No body went anywhere by themselves. By morning the whispers of "don't let me die" were gone. The night shift nurses had a prayer service in the break room before we left for home and then we all had nightmares for weeks.

I haven't read them all yet, but this is by far the scariest so far! This one sent me over the edge. I am officially spooked!

Me too! In fact, I believe it is the scariest one of all of them.

I have to agree. It actually made the hair on my head stand up. That is horrifying. :eek:

Specializes in acute care then Home health.

My ghost story happened to me when I was a new grad on night shift, on a busy medical floor. I was sitting alone, in kind of an office area where all the printers are.. trying to do my charting in peace. The printer was printing out the MAR's for the day shift, so it was kind of loud in there, but I could have sworn I heard a woman calling my name (like in my ear). I turned around and nobody there. So I moved it into where all the other nurses do their charting. There was about 6 of us sitting in the main station when I heard it again.. clear as day and loud.. a woman calling my name. No one looked up except for the nurse farthest from me. She had the same concerned, perplexed look on her face and was looking around. I said to her "what did you hear"? She said "I heard a woman calling MY name"!!! Everyone thought we were crazy.

Please keep these coming. I just love reading them and wish i had some to contribute. I never worked the night shift.

Please keep these coming. I just love reading them and wish i had some to contribute. I never worked the night shift.

Yes, I agree with you -- this is a very interesting thread. I am not a nurse yet but I have some odd stories as well -- I shared one of them that was quite benign in nature but have others -- not so benign. Just did not post as I will not 'hijack' a thread and turn it into a "Ghost story" thread , rather than a "Nursing Story Thread". I wonder if anyone else has some odd stories that are not related to nursing....??? hmmmm :idea:

This is the scariest thread ever. I am starting the night shift in a couple weeks and I am absolutely spooked right now.

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

Time to call Ghost Busters!! :)

Yes, I agree with you -- this is a very interesting thread. I am not a nurse yet but I have some odd stories as well -- I shared one of them that was quite benign in nature but have others -- not so benign. Just did not post as I will not 'hijack' a thread and turn it into a "Ghost story" thread , rather than a "Nursing Story Thread". I wonder if anyone else has some odd stories that are not related to nursing....??? hmmmm :idea:

Please make your own thread and share personal ghost stories. I love them and have had a few experiences myself.

Please make your own thread and share personal ghost stories. I love them and have had a few experiences myself.

okie dokie! ;)

Please make your own thread and share personal ghost stories. I love them and have had a few experiences myself.

DONE! ;)

Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.
DONE! ;)

What did u call it digoe so we can find it.

Carol

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