LA MPJE case studies
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The Louisiana Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (LA MPJE) is the jurisprudence component of pharmacist licensure in Louisiana. It is taken by graduates of accredited pharmacy programs and by pharmacists licensed elsewhere who are seeking Louisiana licensure, and it is administered through the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) on behalf of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. The LA MPJE case studies are 5 cases and about 2,706 words.
1PIC Vacancy and an Unregistered Technician
A Louisiana community pharmacy's pharmacist-in-charge resigns on Friday with no notice. The owner wants the pharmacy to open Monday under a staff pharmacist whose Louisiana pharmacist license is active and unrestricted, but the Board has not approved her as PIC.
554 words, about 3 min2Emergency Refill Before a Two-Week Prescriber Closure
A 68-year-old man with COPD, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes comes in on Sunday at 5:45 p.m. He has empty bottles for lisinopril 20 mg daily, metformin 1,000 mg twice daily, and tiotropium 18 mcg inhaled once daily.
554 words, about 3 min3Early Cash Oxycodone Fill With Multiple PMP Red Flags
On a Tuesday evening, a 34-year-old woman presents a paper prescription for oxycodone 30 mg, #120, one tablet every 8 hours as needed, written three days earlier by a pain-management physician 80 miles away. She asks to pay cash and says she is traveling tomorrow.
545 words, about 3 min4Temporary Closure and Controlled-Substance Transfers
A Louisiana independent pharmacy will close for 12 days for a floor-to-ceiling renovation. The owner plans to move all CII-CV inventory to a sister pharmacy five miles away, have a registered technician transport the drugs in her personal car in locked totes, and transfer them back when the store reopens.
539 words, about 3 min5Technician Diversion, Friendship, and Mandatory Reporting
During a quarterly controlled-substance inventory, the pharmacist-in-charge at a busy Louisiana pharmacy finds 45 hydrocodone/acetaminophen 10/325 tablets unaccounted for over three months. Access logs show that one technician, a 12-year employee and personal friend of the PIC, repeatedly entered the CII safe after hours without a pharmacist present.
514 words, about 3 min