Although dietitians have traditionally been responsible for inpatient diet-drug education, decreased staffing has made this function difficult. Initially, an in-house working group (one pharmacist and 3 dietitians) evaluated our existing list of thirteen medications with potential diet-drug interactions that required education. The group recommended that it was more appropriate for nursing personnel to educate patients on four of the medications. Next, a retrospective record review (10% sample of inpatient records over a two month period) evaluated the documentation of education for patients who were discharged on one of the nine remaining medications that required diet-drug education by dietitians (n=14). Results revealed that 71% of the records did not contain documentation of education. A multidisciplinary team (pharmacy, nursing, and dietary) then brainstormed methods for improving education and documentation. It was proposed that nurses assume sole responsibility for diet-drug education for the following reasons: nurses have more direct contact with patients than dietitians, they know what medication(s) a patient will be discharged on, and they are already responsible for educating patients about other medication use. Nurses agreed to assume the responsibility of inpatient diet-drug interaction identification, patient education prior to discharge, and documentation of the education. Dietary and pharmacy remain responsible for updating education materials for the medications, but nurses provide actual instruction and handouts to patients before their discharge. Each inpatient unit in the hospital received a notebook with appropriate educational material for the medications. The education material is also available on the medical center's local area network. This interdisciplinary effort will improve our facility's diet-drug process by ensuring timely and appropriately documented diet-drug education where and when needed. A chart review will be conducted two months after implementation to assess the effectiveness of this new diet-drug process.