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AllMay 8, 2026

My charge nurse once pulled my patient’s bili drain during a linen change.

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

AllMay 8, 2026

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.”

ICU StoriesMay 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…

RN StoriesMay 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

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

AllDecember 16, 2025

Had a patient say they were allergic to Narcan. When we asked what happened when they took Narcan, they said they lost their high.

RN StoriesOctober 22, 2025

I have a scar on my forehead from a patient throwing their clipboard at me because they didn’t want to fill out new patient paperwork. Needed 5 stitches.

AllOctober 22, 2025

As a young nurse I worked in a hospital on a cardiac floor, but we did have some overflow patients or patients with a Gl consult. This one Gl doc

RN StoriesOctober 22, 2025

I once had a patient tell me she was allergic to alcohol. Her reaction: it made her laugh and feel funny. But she was committed and wouldn’t even let us

RN StoriesOctober 22, 2025

When I worked in SICU, there was a CT surgeon who had a page long set of “call if” orders. He yelled at the wrong night shift nurse and from

RN StoriesOctober 21, 2025

I once had to drag my patient in his wheelchair with an oxygen tank backwards across 5 lanes of traffic. He was an alcoholic and was trying to escape to

Emergency Room StoriesOctober 21, 2025

About 6 months ago we had a patient come in for chest pain and they refused everything. I mean EVERYTHING. They refused vitals, the EKG, bloodwork, chest xray, medication, and

RN StoriesOctober 21, 2025

When I worked as a nurse tech we had a 62 year old cowboy who was involved in an MVC. He only had scrapes and bruises. He was going to

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