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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 StoriesAugust 8, 2025

when I was orienting for my first nursing job, I asked my preceptor what she thought of malpractice insurance because she had been a nurse for almost 40 years. She

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.

AllAugust 12, 2025

When I worked night shift, we used to have to walk through an old nursing home building to get to the new nursing home to do portable X-rays. One day,

Emergency Room StoriesAugust 10, 2025

Had a patient come in for vaginal drainage (green pudding-like), itching, odor with her boyfriend. Walked in on them having sex. Calmly told him he will need antibiotics for the

AllAugust 10, 2025

I was taking care of a man dying of cancer, and we did everything to keep him comfortable. He was asleep most of the time towards the end. The daughter

AllOctober 21, 2025

One of our Hospice patients’ last wishes was to see a stripper, so one of our young, male volunteers went and stripped for her. She talked about it every day

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

AllAugust 15, 2025

I got a call on my day off that they found a urine stain on a sheet that was changed a week ago. The resident likes to make her bed

AllAugust 12, 2025

I had a patient who was on Ambien 6.5 mg. When I went to give her the medicine, l could not find it anywhere on her medication chart. She replied,

RN StoriesAugust 11, 2025

Was physically assaulted by a patient. Tried to redirect him, but got thrown twice against the wall and punched in the face. Suffered low back injury as I had landed

Psych StoriesAugust 3, 2025

Sad truth: I’ve had my hand broken by an elderly patient during a psych moment, and I’ve been choked with my stethoscope (which I will never wear around my neck

Hospice StoriesAugust 12, 2025

Was transporting a 97 year old guy home for hospice/end of life, he was expected to pass within the next couple of days. He looked at me and said, “I

AllJuly 30, 2025

I’m a NICU nurse & admitted a newborn from home, there were LIVE fleas INSIDE its diaper. I jumped 5 feet & we bagged ALL their blankets as they were

Correction StoriesAugust 11, 2025

I used to work at a jail, and while the female inmates were showering, all hell broke loose. Turns out one of the sex workers had money in her hoo-ha,

Patient: “I impulsively took a handful of blood pressure pills to hurt myself then I changed my mind so I made myself vomit by putting my fingers down my throat,

AllAugust 3, 2025

my older nurse coworker that is in her 60’s was beat up by a guy that was in his right mind that she was trying to to help keep from

RN StoriesAugust 6, 2025

Patient asks, “What happens after I die?” As your hospice nurse, you would be bathed from head to toe, you would be lotioned, you would have a fresh gown put

AllAugust 3, 2025

Me: working in a pediatric urgent care for 7 years… Parent: hey we’re back. So I started my child on the antibiotics like 3 hours ago, and I’m here because

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