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...

Specializes in nursery, L and D.

I want you to know, Ms. Trendynursingstudent, that I dumped my bowl of cereal in my lap while watching that!!!! Thanks ALOT!!!

maybe I should put a disclaimer like they have on rollercoasters ? LOL sorry :chair:

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[quote=RN mom of 2;. I heard that young kids (before they know to be frightened) leave their bodies and kind of hover around. This sounds weird, but I have memories of hanging out in the corner near the ceiling and looking down at myself sleeping. Maybe they were just dreams, though.

OMG..RN, ME TOO!!!! Still can feel the feeling of being pressed into that corner, but it stopped happening as I grew up! Too many people experience stuff like this for it to be a dream.

it is called astral projection....

Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.

Yesterday I was laying on my bed with my purring sleepy cat and started thinking about some Ghosthunters episodes and similar shows. All of a sudden my cat meowed, quit purring, and jumped up on a bedside table. He was staring wildly at something, and then he would turn his head and stare again. This went on for at least 5 minutes, it seemed. :uhoh21:

One of our old farms is very haunted. We've had ghost hunters out there and the Tennessean even called wanting to do a story about the place.

im sure animals and children have a sixth sense that we outgrow or dont have. its amazing to me that some dogs have been known to have the ability to warn an epilleptic owner or an impending sezure and to be able to seemingly sniff out cancer.

my sixth month old stares off sometimes when im feeding him. i always thought he was fascinated with the ceiling fixture but maybe its something else.

Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.
:lol2::lol2::lol2:Me waking up and looking at myself in the mirror!! :lol2::lol2::lol2:

I know exactly what your talking about. I've worked security at 2 different hospitals. I've had my fair share of experiences. I'm the only one here today (small surgical hospital) and I completely feel watched here all the time. I'm about to get up and close the door behind me that looks out into PACU because several things have happened out there that has made the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I feel like I'm being watched right now.

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yikes!!!

k heres another..

this story was told to me by my friend jone.

jone and i live in the small town of chippewa falls, wisconsin. it is located about 90 miles east of the twin cities. one evening, jone drove to minneapolis to pick up her daughter who was attending school there. on the return trip jone let her daughter drive and they both conversed about school and other events in their lives. it was approximately 10:00 at night and small pockets of fog banks began to develop on the highway. jone turned from looking at her daughter and yelled at her to slow down and avoid what looked to be a motorcyclist. she recalled seeing a leather jacket and various details of the bike. but she vividly remembers how the headlights reflected off the chrome of the bike yet it went through it at the same time. the motorcyclist was in front of their vehicle for about five seconds and then drove off into the ditch. jone's daughter pulled over to the side of the road and the both looked at each other and verified what they both had witnessed. spooked out of their minds they sped for home. they were traveling on highway 29 which links i94 to green bay. currently hy29 is being expanded to a four lane highway due to the many fatal accidents that have occured in the past.

When I first left home and went to college for the first go round... I was awakened at 0300 b/c I heard our grandmother clock dinging and donging. Thing is- I was in a dorm room about 300 miles away from the clock in my parents house. No biggie, maybe I was just home sick I think. So my mom calls me the next morning and tells me my grandma had unexpectedly died in her sleep at 0300. omg. So then she proceeds to tell me, through tears, that she was awakened by my grandma at her bedside at that very time and was talking to her- telling her she was okay and that my mom would be too, love ya and all that stuff. I told her how I had awakened also and we both had chills all over, but in a good way.

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