Medications administered before pharmacy verification, because verification takes too long

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Nurses report being impatient with the length of time it takes for pharmacy to approve medication orders (e.g., check for drug-drug interactions, verify dosage and route, etc.). Because of the time lag, the nurses go ahead and administer the ordered meds, then check the verification afterwards. This bypasses an important safety aspect of CPOE adoption.