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AllAugust 15, 2025

I had a 6’5″ man parading in the corridor wearing a gold lamè g-string, of his wife’s, and a frilly gown. He thought there was nothing wrong with his chokos*

AllDecember 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

AllOctober 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

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

RN StoriesAugust 15, 2025

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

Psych StoriesDecember 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.

Cardiology StoriesOctober 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

AllOctober 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

AllAugust 8, 2025

New grads- call the board of nursing and request a copy of your state’s nurse practice act. That way you will know what is in your scope of practice. Your

RN StoriesAugust 15, 2025

I was PCU RN of 2 yrs, sitting running strips at the beginning of my shift. DR X, known for being a screamer at RNs, walks up to me with

RN StoriesAugust 15, 2025

Walked in on a patient on her OnlyFans page and had to explain to the doctor what it was and what she was doing.

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

CCU StoriesAugust 13, 2025

CCU nurse here. Code going on and the intern, who was certifiable, wanted us to stop the code so he could look up the strips in his manual. Needless to

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.

AllAugust 12, 2025

I remember a supervisor asking if my patient had died yet cause they needed the bed.

RN StoriesAugust 15, 2025

We have a patient on our floor that keeps assaulting nurses and staff. Patients are scared to walk in the hallways because of the fear of being assaulted. Been told

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

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