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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

AllMay 7, 2026

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

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

AllAugust 12, 2025

Working in an inner city ER and a young woman came in complaining of a bad smelling vaginal discharge. No belly pain. On exam she REALLY did have a putrid

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

AllAugust 8, 2025

I was given 3 patients in the CCU, one was an attempted suicide, which needed a sitter 1 on 1. Of course, no sitter was available. I was unable to

AllMay 8, 2026

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

CNA StoriesJuly 30, 2025

When I was in school for my CNA, my instructor told me how they were not required to wear gloves. There was no regulation stating gloves had to be worn

AllJuly 27, 2025

I had a lady as a newbie CNA in the memory unit of an ALF cuz I was only 1 with the training. This TINY old lady , who we

AllJuly 27, 2025

One of my clinical instructors in nursing school said it was rude and unprofessional to wear gloves when assessing patients…mam…no…

Hospice StoriesAugust 8, 2025

My patient said there was a “sparkling” silver string coming from the ceiling. She said it was connected to her chest. I’ll never forget it. She looked happy. Peaceful. It

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

AllMay 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

AllJuly 27, 2025

I work in a cardiologist office, a patient walked in not feeling well and collapsed in a cardiac arrest in the waiting room. A full on code the crash cart

AllAugust 3, 2025

I work in residential nursing homes and you are subjected at times to physically abusive residents. Nothing is ever done to stop their behavior UNTIL that behavior is experienced by

MedSurg StoriesJuly 27, 2025

Me: Why do you take metoprolol? Patient: Which one is that? Me: It’s the one that’s called metoprolol. Patient: What is it for? Me: We use it for a lot

AllAugust 8, 2025

A patient made me cry this week and the administrator called me into her office and told me to stop crying and have a thicker skin.

AllAugust 8, 2025

I had a resident who was actively dying and she was moving her hand back and forth like she was swatting a fly away. I asked her what she was

RN StoriesAugust 3, 2025

Had a patient try to force himself on me. Literally I was setting up a pump and he very quickly pulled his IV out, jumped up and slammed the door

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