Share Tips About Cutting, Crushing, or Giving Meds Via Tubes

November 2020

You're the go-to that nurses rely on for which meds can be crushed, split, or given by an enteral tube.

Can this med be cut or crushed? Educate that it's okay to split or crush most single-ingredient tabs withOUT a coating or modified-release.

Recommend checking drug names for suffixes...CR, LA, SR, etc...to help spot modified-release meds that shouldn't be crushed or cut.

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