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...

[supernurse65]

Hi,

My friend told me when she was delivering her son she went into cardiac arrest and was hovering over her body and saw her grandmom and was told to go back, cause it was not her time yet. While she was hovering over her body she saw the medical staff doing cpr and one of the med students was so upset he threw up on the floor. After she was back in her body she asked the student how he felt, and everyone was freaked out that she knew he got sick since she was in cardiac arrest when it happen.

my friend also "coded" during delivery she too told the staff everything they did for her while reviving her as she was hovering above the bed.

[supernurse65]

bump

[christymwinn]

Gotta BUMP:sofahider this up.

[MedSurgeMess]

the facility where I work has recently began remodeling...here lately we see and hear all kinds of weird stuff. Certain rooms and areas have always given me the creeps, but its getting worse here lately....

[porterwoman]

I work Med/Surg, and about 3-4 years ago I had a pt in her 50's that came in with abd pn and constipation, went for an exlap.

Well, the case was open & shut, once they got in there they saw so much cancer they just closed the incision. Nothing was resectable.

Anyway, I got her straight from PACU into room 26, she was still stuporous and the surgeon had not yet informed her of the situation. No family was around, and no visitors came during my shift.

I got her at about 8pm, the strange incident took place about 2-3 am.

I entered the room to do VS rounds, and she was sobbing.

I asked her if she was in pain, she denied pain but said that "the other nurse just told me my surgery didn't go very well and I don't have long to live".

I just about blew my top, I was livid, I wanted to find out whointhehell had told my patient about the surgery, that is the surgeon's responsibility, not nrsg.

After calming my pt somewhat, I asked her what the 'nurse' looked like that had told her of the prognosis.

She described a nurse with a white hat, the white uniform with white stockings and everything down to hair color and height.

Well, on my floor there were only 5-6 of us working that night, and none fit the description even remotely. (And the only nurse I know of that still wears that sort of uniform works days in a different unit.)

My pt went on to tell me that this nurse in white sat at the edge of her bed, and sure enough, the foot of the bed and the sheets looked exactly like someone had been sitting there moments before.

This pt's room is also at the end of the hall, with no door at the end, so the only way anyone could have gone to that room was to pass the nurses station and be seen. Noone had gone by.

Fast forward to a year ago, and another pt in 26 told one of the other night RN's that a nurse in white kept coming in to check the IV's.

I had not told that RN my story, and that RN was hired after my experience.

Then, about a month ago, one of the RN's came down to the nurses station and asked who had room 26. The nurse that had that room spoke up and wondered what's up? The first nurse said there was a lady sobbing in there and she heard it from the hall, but did not look in. Instead she came to ask 26's nurse if she knew what the deal was. Well, 26's nurse said that there was an elderly MAN in that room, not a woman. At that point we all went down and went into 26. The man was sleeping quietly, the TV and radio were off, and when we awoke the man, he denied pain, so I doubt he was whimpering in his sleep, certainly not sobbing as the first nurse heard.

So, this is three seperate wierd happenings in one room, all experienced by three seperate nurses that were previously unaware of the other instances.

Kinda prickles the hair on the back of my neck just thinking back on it all.

-K

Once a nurse, always a nurse, huh?

YIKES!

Rebecca

[StatBlues]

kframe ,

Did the nurse in white tell the lady about her surgery, in a kind way or nasty?

Did she tell the lady anything else?

[rnurse2b]

bumping this back to the top. Love these stories

[brigaily2000]

]bumping this back to the top. Love these stories

I love them, too. Keep them coming!!

[buddiage]

Okay, not my story, but something my sister witnessed when she was a med student at a level one trauma facility. Guy comes in from a MVA, motorcycle vs. truck, she said he was a "Waffle House hashbrown" -- sliced, diced, and chunked. The guy is able to talk at the beginning, drunk, cussing the nurses and docs trying to help him, not a nice guy. The end up intubating the guy to preserve the airway and the guy's going down hill fast. He codes, but they manage to bring him back.

Suddenly, the guy comes completely to, rips out his tube(!), grabs my sister's hand, and lets out this breathy little scream, "Don't let me die, I'm going to hell. Please don't let me die!" This freaks out everyone, including my sister. The guy says he "woke up" in hell, on fire, and keeps begging someone to check his feet for burns...nobody could believe he pulled out his tube and was talking....

Despite everything they did, the guy still died. My sister said they were all freaked out about it for weeks....

I wish there was a poop button icon.

Yipe!:chair:

[Nurset1981]

OK that red bracelet story just creeped me out. I'm home alone!!! :chair:

[sanctuary, BSN, MSN, RN]

Maybe old retired phych nurses could get a condo and do a time share there. Keep a log book of all the creepy things that go on. :chair: :sofahider

[supernurse65]

i love these stories