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...

You guys are freaking me out!! The only thing I've seen is pretty tame. I went in to set up a room for a new patient. I turned off the screensaver on the monitor, and it was showing a resp rate of 6, big, deep breaths, then shallow ones - like cheyne stokes. I thought maybe the leads were swinging on the floor, but they were curled up on the shelf without any electrodes on them, like they always are. It wasn't picking up telemetry, because our tele only transmits cardiac rhythms. The pattern didn't stop until we put the new patient on the monitor. Never saw it again. I've never seen any ghosts or other stuff, though. I'd probably pee myself.

Wow. That's a good one!

Hey there was a post on here earlier about the Danvers Mental hospital in MA- the one the movie Session Nine was filmed at....

There was just a MASSIVE fire that destroyed several buildings there the whole hill was on fire according to witnesses!

http://wbztv.com/local/local_story_097070525.html

Specializes in nursery, L and D.

I love these, but they scare the c##p outta me. I gotta stop reading them:lol2:

Specializes in geriatrics,med/surg,vents.

love these stories,wish I could stop reading and actually do something now that I'm home from work!

Specializes in Everything but L&D and OR.

ok, here's my BUMP and my bookmark.

Sometimes I wish I had a story, but really I am thankful I don't!!

Specializes in acute care.
Another night we went into a room with a pt who was in for 23 hr observation(gastro related). No pain meds, pt was alert, only in her 40s...no mental history...lol.....We went in to check on her and she's turned away from us,facing the wall. She was awake, but kind of jittery. We asked if she wa ok and she said yes, but the man in her room freaked her out. WHAT??? She said she turned off the tv, clicked off her light and when she turned over, saw a man sitting next to her bed. He spoke to her and was very surprised she could see and hear him. He told her not to be scared, that he just kind of kept an eye on the floor. And he was gone. She never called us, she said we'd think she was crazy.

scary

When things like this happen. Can't you get the hospital minister to bless the room?
Especially when you have ones like the possessed guy who's cries could be heard for hours after he died. Come on the place and all the staff needed an excorsism after that! Yes, some of this is caused by the devil.:devil:
:uhoh21: That is actually pretty sad. I don't find the humor in that. And I like to think I have a good sense of humor.
here is the humor, she shouldn't have been laying in bed with the patient sleeping.:nono: She was there to watch her right? So it served her right. It of course is allways sad when a person dies.
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.
She wasn't sad she was freaked out.
Specializes in Psychiatric.

When I first moved into my house (alone) I bought a new TV. After watching the news I used my brand-new remote control (my old TV didn't have one) to turn it off. I took a long, hot shower and when I got out I could hear talking... you guessed it... my TV was on!!! I froze!! I called out to make sure I was still alone and turned the TV off again. And again, it came back on. I have since learned that to turn my BRAND-NEW TV off I have to set it to "sleep". Has anyone else had this problem?? Do you think there could be a ghost in my quaint little cottage?? (really, I don't think I could stand it!!)

Specializes in midwifery, NICU.
When I first moved into my house (alone) I bought a new TV. After watching the news I used my brand-new remote control (my old TV didn't have one) to turn it off. I took a long, hot shower and when I got out I could hear talking... you guessed it... my TV was on!!! I froze!! I called out to make sure I was still alone and turned the TV off again. And again, it came back on. I have since learned that to turn my BRAND-NEW TV off I have to set it to "sleep". Has anyone else had this problem?? Do you think there could be a ghost in my quaint little cottage?? (really, I don't think I could stand it!!)

Briehy..oh babe! Dont be scared of your wee cottage! I'm sure it was the new remote Tv to blame.. new electrical stuff is always weird until you get used to using it! Ive had things like this happen with stuff Im not used to using, just enjoy your new house!

Your Charge Nurse is an exorcist?

I know a charge nurse who NEEDS an exorcist.....:devil:

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

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