blets that have been prescored by the manufacturer b. using an oral dosing syringe when administering oral liquid medication c. transcribing a fractional dose of less than one with a leading zero (e.g., 0.5 mg) d. crushing an oral medication that is difficult to swallow 5. what is the most appropriate way for the nurse to split an unscored tablet? a. use a pill-splitting device to split the unscored pill in half. b. ask the pharmacy if it is appropriate to split the pill and if so, ask them to split and repackage it with the adjusted dose given on the label. c. use scissors to cut the pill in half. d. administer a whole pill every other day instead of every day.