All out of........

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Specializes in A and E, Medicine, Surgery.

:) I know I probably should not have found this as funny as I did and fully expect the flames to follow but I am still quietly chuckling to myself.......

I was in one of the nurse practitioners rooms when a well to do gentleman came in for assessment and treatment. I had noticed him before on one of his many trips to the nurses station demanding an update as to when exactly he would be seen treated and "out of this hole".

He gave a brief history of an untreated bite, saying he had not done anything about it before because his time was precious and he could not afford to spend time messing about with doctors and nurses. His limb was hugely swollen. The nurse practitioner tried to take a full history and establish allergies etc but this patient was having none of that. He told her in no uncertain terms that he needed it sorting immediately and it had to be 100% better by the morning when he was due to fly out of the country on business.

Finally admitting defeat the nurse practitioner got up and started rummaging in the cupboard, with me thinking what on earth is she goijng to give him that will work that quick . She put her head out and completely deadpan said "Sorry, no can do, seems there is no chance of getting it better by tomorrow, i've checked and I'm all out of Fairy Dust, its usually right here next to flucloxacillin but seems like I have used mine up on patients before you that also needed miracles performing!!!!"

Cannot help but think how much easier life would be if we each came equipped with a little bottle of fairy dust :)

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

LOL!!!! That is a good one!

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

Cute.

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Kudos to the NP :applause

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

yeahhhhh i like her !!!

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Specializes in Med Surg, ER, OR.

that is too funny!

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

I love it!!

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

I'm chuckling here, too.

It's sometimes a lot of fun to watch the ego being deflated a bit...

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Specializes in Med Tele, Gen Surgical.

**** that's funny...and made a great point.

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Cute! I bet little ones would be very tickled by that idea too :)

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Specializes in new to NICU.

I have to admit that fairy dust would be quite useful. Thanks for the story. Short and sweet and made my day.:up:

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Specializes in LTC, office.

Fairy dust!! If only CS carried it. :)

This NP is my hero.

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