What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

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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...

:saint: I cried the whole drive home that morning, thinking of the terrified child being comforted by her literal angel of a mother. I just wonder, with her undeniably seeing her mom there in the room that night, did she then know that mommy was gone from this earth?

Kudos to you for being able to work with kids. I couldn't do it. I would cry way too much to be able to function properly. :redbeathe

Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..

I most likely would too.

Crista, my hat is off to you for your ability to stay with that toddler. What a heart breaker of a story. Do you know what eventually happened to her?

Specializes in LTC, Acute care.

Ok, so I looked into the room of my restrained pt who was completely disoriented and happened to see her TV changing channels. I got chills right there and my heart rate increased because there was no way she could do that herself. Just when I was ready to freak out, I saw her husband come out from behind the back of the door in the pt's room holding the remote. Phew! I hadn't seen him come in and he was so quiet.

Not a ghost story but I was sure scared for a minute there...

Specializes in PICU now, Peds and med-surg in the past.

She went to rehab for several weeks after leaving the hospital and then eventually went home with her dad and sister. I assume she's doing well because we haven't seen her since!

I most likely would too.

Crista, my hat is off to you for your ability to stay with that toddler. What a heart breaker of a story. Do you know what eventually happened to her?

This is not a "ghost" story but instead proof to me that spirits do exist.

One morning in March of 2011, I was filling out paperwork that required family member's names for an upcoming activity. When I went to write my dad's name down, I thought don't put his name because my dad had been in an accident and he won't be able to attend. I did not write his name and forgot about the entire thing until later that afternoon when I had been notified that my dad had a massive heart attack while he was driving causing a multiple fatality car accident. The time of his death was the exact time that I was filling out the paperwork. I know it was my dad stopping by on his way to heaven.

Personally, I have had many encounters with ghosts that I usually only share with a select few. I believe that many people have their minds closed to such encounters and think of those of us that believe as crazy. It is refreshing to read this thread and know that so many people have experiences similar to mine.

I just wanted to post that Travel channel's paranormal series/ghost hunters is airing their episode of Waverly Hills, the haunted sanitorium, tomorrow at 9pm est (I think thats the right time as I live in HI and it will be 3 pm HST). I already have it set to dvr. :eek:

:saint:I posted this story in another type of thread a while back. I think of this a little more as a story of undying love rather than a ghost story but I do think it fits here. Last year, I cared for a 3 year old child who had been in a MVA with her mother and older sister. Unfortunately, mom died in the accident. The older sister broke an arm and was admitted to the Peds unit for a night or two with an ORIF. The 3 year old had multiple injuries including two broken femurs, a broken arm and more that I can't remember off the top of my head. She was initially in the PICU so never got to be with her sister after the accident. I cared for this little girl when she was transferred to Peds. Now she was almost always alone. She had not yet seen her sister and her father I assume was busy with funeral arrangements etc. This child had not even been informed of her mother's death. She was a very stoic child, would never cry despite being in obvious pain I'm sure. She never showed ANY expression of emotion, wouldn't talk to ANY of the staff, wouldn't eat or drink even when we brought her some of her favorite foods. She just broke my heart. I would park my chair and portable computer in front of her room at night when things would settle down just in case I did hear her cry or anything. One night I heard her quiet voice starting to talk, in obvious conversation. She was saying "Mommy, I'm coming too now? Mommy, why can't I go too? ". I got such chills! I walked into the room and that little baby was wide awake, holding her arms out as if in a hug and focusing her eyes on a spot in front of her face. I am SURE that her mother was in there at that moment, being with her baby just as she would have in life. I cried the whole drive home that morning, thinking of the terrified child being comforted by her literal angel of a mother. I just wonder, with her undeniably seeing her mom there in the room that night, did she then know that mommy was gone from this earth?

Oh my god, I just got chills all over.

I recently went to an assisted living facility for an interview. The interviewer was running behind schedule and I had to wait for about 45 minutes. As I sat there, I got the feeling. It was very overwhelming, almost unbearable.

I almost did not wait for the interview. I was so relieved to get out of there.

curious.. did u get and take the job?

It really does happen! But no medical staff actually declared him dead, but I would think that the person coming to retrieve the body would have checked for signs of life maybe.

http://news.yahoo.com/african-corpse-wakes-scares-off-morgue-staff-report-194106499.html

:rolleyes:

Oh my...that is scary

man....interesting. I know this is weird, but I've always wanted to go into an old aslyum.

Okay, now that I'm done with nursing school, I do have a story I was saving.

Or... if I told it and forgot, forgive me.

In my first clinical rotation in LTC, I was standing at the med cart that was stationed at the end of a long hall about 10 feet from the nurses' station.

My clinical instructor and several classmates were at the station talking and I was very engrossed in looking up info at the cart.

For what ever reason, I felt compelled to look to my right.

There, coming down the hall, was a mylar balloon. It was about 2 feet off the ground and gliding smoothly and perfectly centered from down the end of the hall. No draft, no diversion from its path, no change in speed.

As it began to pass behind me, I felt spooked and felt the hairs stand up on my arms!

My body swung around to continue to watch this balloon as it passed me and carried on to the nurses' station where, with awed looks and open mouths, there stood my instructor and classmates also very mesmerised by this balloon.

My instructor only moved to reach out and grab it.

It was spookily quiet and I had to say it, "Alright! Who died?"

The instructor looked at me wild-eyed and my classmates laughed, but really! I had to say it, because it was too weird and just felt wrong.

So, my instructor says it's crazy and she wants to know whose balloon it is.

You know how this ends, right?

lol

True story and I'm sure my instructor tells that story to this day.

;)

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