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...

BORI-BSNRN said:
Sarcasm??? I don't think so....but if that makes you happy.....i am not that kind of person, it's just that i was in the same situation with kbclary4 and makes me laugh...just an explanation, sorry if i did offend anybody it wasn't my intention. :))

Anyway, go on with those scary stories...scary but i like it!

Ohhh Ok LOL

I wasn't sure, that is why I put the ??? marks. I thought you may have been making fun of her for getting scared after reading the stories. Most of them were sending chills up and down my spine.

There was another reader who seemed to think that all of the stories could be explained by someone experiencing tricks of their minds or eyes. There

are alot of skeptics out there. It is easy to be skeptical when one has not experienced something like that themself.

Me, myself... I have not seen a ghost (to my knowledge), but I do believe that departed spirits walk among us.

Specializes in ABMT.
sbergetlvn said:

Would Nurse Betty count against the day's PPD?

Maybe it would depend on if you could see through her or not??? :chuckle tee hee.

Keep em comin, keep em comin! These stories are great! I wish I had one. Or maybe I'm glad I don't! I don't want to see rose petals falling from the ceiling unless I put them there!

Specializes in MED/SURG, ONCOLOGY, PEDIATRICS, ER.
Tinkerbell2 said:
Ohhh Ok LOL

I wasn't sure, that is why I put the ??? marks. I thought you may have been making fun of her for getting scared after reading the stories. Most of them were sending chills up and down my spine.

There was another reader who seemed to think that all of the stories could be explained by someone experiencing tricks of their minds or eyes. There

are alot of skeptics out there. It is easy to be skeptical when one has not experienced something like that themself.

Me, myself... I have not seen a ghost (to my knowledge), but I do believe that departed spirits walk among us.

? Yes, you're right! There is a lot of people that not believe in ghost and make fun of these kind stories....I haven't seen a ghost, thanks God!:uhoh21: but i agreed with you that departed spirits walk among us......:stone

luv your nurse said:
Where do these petals come from? the roof? like appera out of thin air? have you seen this?

As I said in my post, I was standing in the room when this happened. The rose petals just started floating down out of nowhere. It went on for a little while and then they stopped.

Mulan said:
Is that like the help that never shows up?

How refreshing! Nurses who have a grasp on the real reality on nursing!

Rosie- said:
We had a woman the the 3-11 RN sent for the funeral home 3 different times before she actually died and stayed that way. We'd get her over on the cot on the body bag and she'd start breathing. It got to be a big joke well is she really dead this time?????? They stayed quite a while the last time even after she was in the body bag "just in case".

The vitals were probably so low as to be not able to detct them. But it sure makes you wonder. :rolleyes:

Why can I not stay away from this thread!!!!!!!!!!! :uhoh3:

Your post makes me wonder how many people have been buried alive. Ugh, that makes me shiver.

eightB said:
Hi everyone

Where to start? Well I work for a city hosptial in New York as an LPN. I have just about as many ghostly patients as I do living. It's true the ghostly ones don't ask for much but they tend to scare my co-workers.

I think my favorite two are the Walker and the Watcher.(these are nick names I've given them.) :uhoh21:

The walker is a woman who comes down the hall nightly. She's pushing or pulling an IV pole because I can hear the wheels squeak as she makes her way down the hall. ( this usually happens when I'm alone. Go figure) If I look right at her I can't see her but if I look with the corner of my eye I can just make her out. She's wearing a house gown, not hospital gown.

Now just in front of the Nurse's station is a large pillar. My ghostly visitor walks to the pillar and disappears behind it.

My other ghostly client is the Watcher. This one is a middle age gentlemen. He looks hispanic and has a small mustashe. He is dressed in a hospital gown and I usually see him in room two, but only is its unoccupied. This rrom is located right next to the nurses station. Most of the time he just stands by the doorway watching the nurses. Some of my co-workers have seen him and are scared, but I tell them he can't hurt them. :chuckle

Where is this I am in new Yorkwhat hospital or nursinghome you talking about curious to know if I have been there

I can't stay away from this thread...I woke up from a dream last night and couldn't get back to sleep because I kept thinking of all of these ghosts!!

kris

Last night at around 0100 I was changing a resident and had my back to the door. I heard the knob turn and the woman I was working with said "Come In" and nothing happened, I turned around and opened the door but there was no one up anywhere on the unit but the two of us. She told me that she had seen the knob turning and I heard it very clearly.

Just bumping this to the top because I'm having such a good time reading these accounts!

If you like to read ghost stories, I just started reading a ghost (fiction) love story....it is pretty good too! I got it at Amazon.com, it is called "The Gettysburg Ghost" by Philip Ragone.

These stories make me sad.

That these souls are not at rest...........

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