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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As an undergrad I worked as a CNA on nights.

One night I was floated to the trauma/surgical unit and assigned to be a "sitter" for a patient experiencing alcohol withdrawal after an MVA.

At one point I nodded off, and when I opened my eyes I very briefly glimpsed an older African-American woman standing at the foot of the patient's bed. She looked so real I can still remember exactly what she was wearing (dark maroon skirt, navy sweater, white patterned button-up blouse).

I turned to the patient and saw that his eyes were open. I asked: "When did your mother pass?" He said it had been several years. Then I said: "She was just here and she was watching over you. She wants you to stop doing what you're doing and take care of yourself." I could not believe what had just come out of my mouth!!! Before and since I have never had conversation like that with anyone.

After I said my bit about his mother, the patient nodded, relaxed, and laid his head down to sleep.

I have no idea how he did after that night, he may have told the next shift about the crazy aide in his room... But that night made a big impression on me about the possibility of someone "watching over" each of us.

I worked in hospice for about two years as an R.N.. Hospice is a very spiritual experience. On at least two occassions I saw the ghost of the patient leave the body ascending towards the heavens a relatively short time before physical death. The same, on both occassions, terrified me. Howeve, it imbued in me that transitory of life on earth and the eternal life that was to come.:)

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i am a care-aide in British Columbia in extended care. We had a cat on the floor for many years. It died on day. As time passed on I work nght shift and I entered a 4 bedroom with all ladies in bed and the bathroom door was open. It was 4 am and I swear till this day I say the skeleton of that cat walk right past me. It was only a few seconds but I have no idea what that meant. Can any tell me or have a clue. Thanks Josey

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i am a care-aide in British Columbia in extended care. We had a cat on the floor for many years. It died on day. As time passed on I work nght shift and I entered a 4 bedroom with all ladies in bed and the bathroom door was open. It was 4 am and I swear till this day I say the skeleton of that cat walk right past me. It was only a few seconds but I have no idea what that meant. Can any tell me or have a clue. Thanks Josey

I've never heard of anyone seeing just the skeleton; I've always heard that you see them as they were in real life, or in a healthier state. It's also rare to hear about "ghost" animals.

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i am a care-aide in British Columbia in extended care. We had a cat on the floor for many years. It died on day. As time passed on I work nght shift and I entered a 4 bedroom with all ladies in bed and the bathroom door was open. It was 4 am and I swear till this day I say the skeleton of that cat walk right past me. It was only a few seconds but I have no idea what that meant. Can any tell me or have a clue. Thanks Josey

Wow, maybe the cat just liked living in that facility, and liked to visit now and then. I wonder if any of the residents ever saw him?

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I worked for a while in a residential hospice facility...often, before one of our residents would die, many of the staff nurses would see a little child (sometimes boy, sometimes girl) playing in the hallway. The timing was never consistent...sometimes it would be minutes before a death, sometimes it would be hours or days, but always a death would follow. Seeing the child never was really scary..except that you knew it was something freaky. The whole place has a peaceful feel..not scary usually. Often, patients would speak about angels at their side. Once we had a nun as a patient and when she died we heard singing...checked all the rooms for a choir on tv and found nothing to explain the singing.

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