This is a true story
Actual conversation between a pharmacist and a nurse.
-Phone Rings
RPh - "Hello, this is the pharmacy."
RN - "Yes, hello. I am calling to inquire about Mr. Xs medication."
RPh - "OK, what's going on?"
RN - "Well, the problem is this: He's supposed to get 20 mg of this medication, but you guys sent me a 40 mg tablet."
Rph - "OK, so what's the problem?"
RN - "Well now, that's not the correct dosage."
Rph - heavy sigh.... "Here's what you do... Take the tablet, break it in half across the score in the middle and give half the tablet to the patient."
RN - long pause.... "Which half?"
This is the type of crap that scares the hell outta me.
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Scary doesn't even begin to describe it. I hate to say this because I'm a foreigner myself, but foreign physicians sometimes scare me even more.
I would be frightened to be a patient in a hospital:
Nurse: Dr. just wrote for D10W NS. I have a bag that says d10w, is that the same?
Me: No D10W is D10w. The bag you are looking for should say D10w and normal saline.
Nurse: But my bag does say d10w for injection. Isn't that same as NS?
me: ??????