MN MPJE case studies
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The Minnesota Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MN MPJE) is the pharmacy-law component of pharmacist licensure in Minnesota. It is a computer-based, multiple-choice examination built on the national jurisprudence blueprint used across states, paired with a Minnesota-specific section drawn from the Minnesota Pharmacy Practice Act and Board of Pharmacy rules. The MN MPJE case studies are 5 cases and about 4,212 words.
1Cash, Oxycodone 30 mg, and a Prescriber Two Hours Away
Marcus, 34, walks into a pharmacy he has never used before at 8:40 p.m. on a Saturday with a paper prescription for oxycodone 30 mg tablets, quantity 120, 'one tablet by mouth every 6 hours as needed for pain,' written three days earlier by a physician whose office is in a neighboring state and is now closed for the weekend.
961 words, about 5 min2The 180-Day Suspension and the Expired Hood Certificate
A Minnesota community pharmacy compounds two products in the same week. First, an omeprazole 2 mg/mL oral suspension for a 9-month-old, made from opened omeprazole capsules, simple syrup, and sterile water.
806 words, about 4 min3Monday Morning With No Licensed Pharmacist
The pharmacist-in-charge of a three-pharmacist independent pharmacy resigns by text on a Friday afternoon; the owner is out of state. On Monday morning the pharmacy opens with three people: Diane, a staff pharmacist whose Minnesota license renewal was due December 31, who mailed a paper renewal January 2, and whose name still shows 'expired' in the Board's license lookup on January 20; Travis, a technician whose Board registration lapsed in November; and Priya, who finished 1,800 intern hours and graduated in December but has not been issued a license.
815 words, about 4 min4The Easy-Open Cap, the Interpreter, and the Wrong Name on the Label
A mother brings in a new prescription for her 6-year-old: prednisolone 15 mg/5 mL, 5 mL once daily for 5 days, 75 mL. At the register she asks the technician for 'the regular cap - the safety ones are hard for me,' then hands over a second new prescription for her 78-year-old mother, warfarin 5 mg daily, saying, 'Just tell me when she takes it; she doesn't speak much English and I handle everything.' The pharmacist is on the phone with a prescriber.
778 words, about 4 min5One Hundred Missing Tablets and a Biennial Inventory Due in March
At a pharmacy filling about 2,000 prescriptions a week, the monthly controlled substance count shows 100 tablets of hydrocodone/acetaminophen 10/325 and one bottle of alprazolam 1 mg missing from the safe. The prior exact count was 30 days earlier.
852 words, about 4 min