What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

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...

[jessica]

BUMP! I love this thread! Keep them coming please :)

[LoriAlabamaRN]

Ooooh had another creepy thing (actually two!) happen today. One of our halls is windows on both sides, entering into an area with a nurse's station, so someone at the nurse's station can see your reflection a few seconds before they see you. Well, I was walking down that hall and a CNA at the nurse's station said "hi!" to me before I actually got to where I could see her, when I got to her I was puzzled because she kept looking past me. Finally she said "Who was that with you?" I told her noone was with me. She said "Well, then I must be losing my mind, I swear I saw your reflection in the window and there was a man in a white shirt walking next to you! :chair:

Then about thirty minutes later, we had a series of four calls originating from an outside line, we would answer and it would be this gravelly male voice going "heeeeeelllllpppp mmmmeeeeee" two or three times and then silence. I checked all the resident rooms to see if someone was calling from a cell phone, since some residents have them, but noone was. It's been a CREEPY night!

[cowboyRN]

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

Hah!!! Now that is funny!

[Paleobug]

For anyone interested. There is a short documentary about possible proof of ghosts. Some of it looks fake, but some of it looks authentic.

http://www.wimp.com/proof/

Then click on ghost proof

[NrseJudy]

Interesting thread, and right up my alley! My other "job" is paranormal investigator and I also run a small ghost tours operation locally. As I've been doing it for over 16 years, I could most likely tell you a few stories that would keep you awake tonight but most have nothing to do with nursing so I'll keep them for another time. Great read though.

[jessica]

Interesting thread, and right up my alley! My other "job" is paranormal investigator and I also run a small ghost tours operation locally. As I've been doing it for over 16 years, I could most likely tell you a few stories that would keep you awake tonight but most have nothing to do with nursing so I'll keep them for another time. Great read though.

Oh you must tell!!! Don't keep us waiting :)

[sassy7cassy]

High fives all around to everyone who contributed to this thread so far and scared the bejesus out of me. I live alone and it's about bedtime! Eek!

[buddiage]

This thread is one of my FAVORITES!!!!

[daisey_may]

NrseJudy, you simply must tell!

[NrseJudy]

OK. I'll share with you what sparked my interest in the paranormal to begin with. Not as creepy as some of the stories I can tell you, but interesting nonetheless.

Many many many years ago when I was 17, I had a close friend over and was hanging posters on my wall (as you do at that age). I was standing on a chair and asked my friend if the poster looked straight, to which she replied "yes" so I leaned against the wall to keep it in place and asked my friend for a couple of tacks. When she handed me the tacks, I couldn't move my arms to reach for them. I thought perhaps my muscles had frozen or cramped so I tried to relax before attempting again. I still felt extremely heavy and was unable to move. I told my friend how I was feeling and she thought the situation was quite amusing and grabbed my arms and began pulling. To her amazement, she could not pull my arms away from the wall. I now began to panic as I did not enjoy this sensation. After a few minutes my friend, still laughing, decided to end the "game" and pulled the chair from under me.......I was still stuck to the wall! I am "hovering" about a foot and a half in the air with nothing underneath to hold me up! NOW I really start to panic and begin yelling. My friend continued to pull and after what felt like 5 minutes (I am sure it was most likely only a minute, but it felt like forever) I finally crashed to the floor. I got straight up and began to run down the stairs (my friend had bolted and was already at the back door). As I ran to get out of the house all the cupboard doors in the kitchen swung open and the chair in the lounge room began to rock back and forth heavily. Now I was a pretty fit person in those days and certainly not heavy enough to cause things to move by running across the floor.

Anyway, that prompted me to begin reading as I have a fairly logical mind and needed to know how something like that could possibly happen naturally. I never did find any answers.

I'd tell you more, but I don't want to change the topic of the thread as it is nursing ghost stories. Besides, you'd all think I am crazy if I shared some of the things I have seen and experienced, especially as of late!

If there are any keen "ghosthunters" out there though, feel free to pm me and I'll fill you in on a couple of my stranger experiences.

[NrseJudy]

I have a website with some of our investigations and a few photos posted. I just am not sure if I should post the address as I don't want to "advertise" it. If you would like to have a look, pm me and I'll give you the address.

[StatBlues]

NrseJudy

Send me your link!

Thanks