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...

[brigaily2000]

I read the entire story and I understood she had been lying beside a dead body for hours. But when the Poster was laughing that the caregiver was in the corner shaking...........I didn't find that funny. And believe me, I have a good sense of humor. But don't find humor in someone else's sadness.

I was saying that I don't find humor in this either.

[DonnaD]

My scariest is probably a long time ago when I was a cna. I was taking care of this lady and she started screaming "they are behind you" She really believed there was something behind me. She did die later that night. A more pleasant story was when a lady was dying and she kept saying "look at those beatiful white horses" she too died shortly afterwards.

[Soleilpie]

Another time was on my wedding day. My brother had been killed just seven months before in a car accident (he was 19). Anyway, my mother said as she was driving to the church, she was thinking about how she wished that my brother could be there. All of a sudden, the smell of roses filled the car. She said it was so strong, that it was almost overpowering. Then as quickly as it had come, the smell was gone. Maybe he was there, after all.

I know this thread has been going on for a long time, but please keep them coming. I love this kind of thing.

Oh man, this story made my eyes water! I hate when that happens!:wink2:

[shyz4u]

it happened to my friend during our student period..she was posted in ICU and was on night duty..thr was a diabetic patient complicated with many diseases,who was a regular visitor of our hospital since our 1yr of course..so many of us knws tat person..we have seen the whole period of his life stepping into the miserable state of his health condition..so whn my friend was on duty there was doctor's strict instruction to keep patient NPO...tat night whnte time ws around 11pm(23:00) he askd her to give him some water..bt she ws helpless..and being a student had no right to giv it by herself..so she first said y she cant giv him water..thn thot to wet his lips which could make him happy...bt by the time she was back to the patient he has died..evn nw she is sad of it tat she couldn't giv him te last drop of water...

[thris]

I went into a patient's room late one night, he was asleep but when I looked at his feet they resembled the hoof of a horse! I almost passed out. I was the only nurse on the floor at that time. He died soon after that and when I shared my experience later with my other colleague on duty, she told me that his neighbours claimed that he frequently turns into a donkey at night and roams the street! I can still remember his name and picture him clearly lying on the bed as if it were yesterday. Strange, isn't it!

The best I have heard is from a nurse who said that one night she was floated to oncology at the hospital she used to work at. She was given a patient who was passing away and had been unconscious for several days. At one point during the night the nurse went into the room and the patient was at the top of the bed and looked at her and said, "don't let them take me!", the nurse was freaked out and asked her who was going to take her and she said that black thing up there and pointed up in the air. This patient died within minutes.

Come on now share your stories, I know you have seen and heard freaky things.

[Cute_CNA, CNA]

I went into a patient's room late one night, he was asleep but when I looked at his feet they resembled the hoof of a horse! I almost passed out. I was the only nurse on the floor at that time. He died soon after that and when I shared my experience later with my other colleague on duty, she told me that his neighbours claimed that he frequently turns into a donkey at night and roams the street! I can still remember his name and picture him clearly lying on the bed as if it were yesterday. Strange, isn't it!

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[nicholrwalker]

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[brigaily2000]

I've never posted before, but I had to respond to this one. Not a ghost or dream story, but still.....

After two heart breaking miscarriages, I finally gave birth to my second son in '95. My grandmother, who I was very close to, was in a nursing home & was very aware that she was now a great-great-great grandmother (meaning she had 3 great-grandchildren). Exactly one week after my son was born, completely out of the blue & before I could get to the nursing home for her to see him, I got the call that she had passed. Fast forward a couple months. Every time I changed my son on his changing table, he would laugh & coo at someone/thing just over my left shoulder that no one else saw. I'm convinced that it was Grandma, having a little fun with her great-grandson.

When this child was 2, I got pregnant again, & my son simply wouldn't put up with anyone saying that the baby was a boy. He'd point to my belly & insist that the baby was a 'sister', although the baby always turned away from the u/s so we had no idea if it was a boy or a girl. Well sure enough, the baby was indeed a little sister.

I have some nursing ghost stories, but I'll save those for another time.

Let's have them now. Love these stories!

[nursejohio, ASN, RN]

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[mstashanicole]

More stories please please please!!!

Graduation MAY 2006 :balloons:

[nicholrwalker]

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[rpv_rn]

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