NE MPJE case studies
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The North Eastern Pharmacist Multistate Jurisprudence Examination (NE MPJE) is a pharmacy law and jurisprudence exam used in the northeastern United States to test whether a pharmacist candidate can apply federal drug law and the specific state pharmacy statutes and board rules of the state where licensure is sought. It is aimed at interns and pharmacists who have completed or are completing the NAPLEX and now need to demonstrate jurisprudence competence for licensure, and at pharmacists adding a license by reciprocity or score transfer. The NE MPJE case studies are 5 cases and about 4,268 words.
1An Expired Prescriber Registration and 40 Tablets of Oxycodone
on a Saturday, a 34-year-old man presents a paper prescription at a community pharmacy in Omaha for oxycodone HCl 15 mg tablets, quantity 120, written nine days earlier by a physician at a pain clinic 60 miles away. He has never filled at this pharmacy, and the state prescription monitoring program shows only two prior fills, both at a different pharmacy, 40 days ago.
817 words, about 4 min2A Lapsed Technician, a Corporate 'Final Check' Policy, and a Wrong Strength
The pharmacist-in-charge (PIC) of a high-volume chain pharmacy in Lincoln returns from a two-week medical leave and reviews staffing. She discovers that a certified pharmacy technician's Board registration expired 23 days ago and that the renewal application was returned for missing continuing education.
867 words, about 4 min3A Batch of Cefazolin Syringes and an Expired Hood Certification
The compounding pharmacist at a hospital-based outpatient pharmacy is on leave, and a certified technician with three years of sterile compounding experience is scheduled to prepare a 30-syringe batch of cefazolin 2 g in 0.9% sodium chloride for a home-infusion service. The biological safety cabinet was last certified on March 6; today is September 18.
809 words, about 4 min4A 16-Year-Old, Isotretinoin, and a Confidentiality Request
A 16-year-old presents at a Nebraska pharmacy with a prescription for isotretinoin 40 mg twice daily for 30 days, dated nine days earlier by a dermatologist across the state line. The pharmacy is not enrolled in the iPLEDGE program; the prescriber's office says the staff "will get the authorization entered today" and asks the pharmacist to fill in the meantime.
900 words, about 5 min5A Break-In, an Overdue Inventory, and an Unreported Move
On Monday morning the pharmacist-in-charge of an independent pharmacy in rural Nebraska finds the back door pried open and the Schedule II safe standing open. A preliminary review shows roughly 900 tablets of oxycodone-acetaminophen 10/325 and three pint bottles of promethazine-codeine syrup (Schedule V) are missing.
875 words, about 4 min