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RN StoriesMay 10, 2026

I was fired from my job after being poked with a HIV positive needle, first time ever and this was by a top hospital in Florida. I filed a complaint

AllMay 10, 2026

I had a young adult pt who was diagnosed late with cancer who declined rapidly and passed away quickly. Seeing them go from having such a vibrant smile and sparkle

AllMay 9, 2026

I once had to change a foley on a 300 lb woman in a house where there was no electricity in 96 degree weather with a flashlight held by a

AllMay 9, 2026

Early covid I was circulating in the OR, and one of the surgeons’ eye protection fell off their face INTO the surgical field. The collective gasp I’ll never forget. Luckily,

Had a woman come in for a head injury from an accident. It was winter, and she was behind a box truck that didn’t de-ice the top. The sheet of

AllMay 9, 2026

I walked in on one patient (IP psych unit) having relations with the other patient’s ostomy. The patient with the ostomy was reading a book, so I could see head,

RN StoriesMay 9, 2026

When I first started nursing, doctors could get away with yelling, screaming, throwing stuff; the works. We developed a Code Pink. If one was called, it meant a nurse was

AllMay 9, 2026

Did home health for 20 yrs, the strangest was an elderly man living with his wife with alzheimers. Man wore dark blue pj’s and moon boots, which he hadn’t changed

I worked in an inner city ER and was hit by a patient. I sustained bilateral mandible fractures. He hit me so hard on my left jaw that it literally

On a home health visit, I saw something out of the corner of my eye, and I said, “Do you have a kitten?” He said,” Oh, it’s probably a packrat.”

AllMay 7, 2026

In the ICU, we had coded the guy for about 10 minutes after a few PEAs, and the MD called it. The doc left the room, the RT pulled the

AllMay 7, 2026

I was working in a nursing home, and our dementia patient had the habit of roaming around naked and showing his matchstick to everyone. I happened to be walking in

AllMay 7, 2026

I had a patient say she was allergic to the SMELL of bacon…but she can EAT the bacon…

AllMay 6, 2026

Once told a patient to give me a urine sample for a pre-employment physical, and he gave me a stool sample. Personally felt anyone who would poop on command should

AllDecember 18, 2025

We had an Alzheimer’s patient get out & go a few blocks down from the nursing home buck naked at about 11pm & she proceeded to pop out of the

RN StoriesDecember 16, 2025

Thad a patient pass. In his culture/religion no one was to touch the body for 4 hours to allow the spirit to properly pass into the afterlife. The hospital supervisor

AllDecember 16, 2025

I walked into a patient room, a mom just had a baby, and was using the ambu bag for a breast pump.

AllDecember 16, 2025

Back in the day I was working in the ICU recovering open heart patients. I heard a commotion coming out of a fresh heart’s room who had just been extubated.

AllDecember 16, 2025

I was helping a patient back to bed, after him using the bathroom, I went ahead of him pushing his IV pole and out of his way, then he grabbed

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