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AllMay 8, 2026

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

RN StoriesMay 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

Psych StoriesDecember 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

AllOctober 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

AllOctober 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

AllOctober 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

AllOctober 21, 2025

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

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