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...

Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.
The next day we were watching a movie with clients and had to pause the movie for a bit. the TV turned off by itself twice. One of the clients who was really afraid of ghosts and ghost shows, but who occasionly has watched ghost whisperer, says it must be a ghost in the house. We all laugh, and then he says it must be a timer on the TV. Just a bit spooky these happening one day after another. Third shift has said she hears strange noises at night. But this is not my haunted home, the ladies is. We did have a gentleman die in the home.quote]

Howdy. My TV used to turn itself on & off when I lived near the airport - the signals from overhead planes interfered with it. The TV repairman laughed when I told him I thought I had ghosts!!

I had something strange happen to me a few nights ago. It was around 7pm, and I was putting a total care resident to bed. The lady has a cork board on the wall next to her bed with a bunch of pictures on it and a bunch of other things hung on the wall next to the cork board. Anyway, I was in between the wall and her bed (I had moved the bed out a little bit) when I knocked down a calendar that she had hanging up with a nail next to the cork board. I bent down to pick it up off the floor and when I tried to hang it back up on the nail, the nail pushed into the wall. I turned a little to my left to get a tack from one of the pictures hanging on the cork board to pry the nail from the wall. When I turned back to pry the nail out of the wall - the nail was pushed out about an inch. I was so freaked out.

loved this post, puts into words what Iv'e felt, not able to express. thanks :)

Specializes in Med-Surg, Psych, Rehab.

Bump!

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

: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?

: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.

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