NJ MPJE case studies
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The New Jersey Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (NJ MPJE) is the law-and-regulations half of New Jersey pharmacist licensure. NABP builds the exam around a nationally standardized jurisprudence blueprint and layers in New Jersey-specific statutes and Board of Pharmacy rules; the New Jersey Board of Pharmacy, within the Division of Consumer Affairs, requires it alongside the NAPLEX before issuing a license to practice pharmacy in the state. The NJ MPJE case studies are 5 cases and about 3,169 words.
1The 9:40 p.m. Telephone Order for Oxycodone
A 32-year-old man arrives with a swollen jaw and a dental extraction scheduled for Monday. His dentist's office is closed; the on-call dentist telephones the pharmacy and orders "oxycodone 5 mg, one tablet every 6 hours as needed, dispense 30." The patient is opioid-naive, has no allergies, and the New Jersey PMP shows no controlled substance dispensings in the past 24 months.
657 words, about 3 min2The Orthopedic Office Wants 100 Syringes
A community pharmacy with sterile compounding capability prepares a patient-specific prescription: cefazolin 2 g in 100 mL 0.9% sodium chloride for a home-infusion patient, compounded in an ISO Class 5 hood inside an ISO Class 7 buffer room, stored refrigerated, picked up in two days. That week a local orthopedic office asks the pharmacy to compound 100 prefilled syringes of "bupivacaine 0.25% with ketorolac 30 mg" for the surgeon to use on whatever patient needs one next month.
647 words, about 3 min3Three Prescriptions, Twenty Minutes
Three prescriptions arrive within 20 minutes. (1) Levothyroxine 50 mcg tablets with a handwritten "Synthroid - brand medically necessary, do not substitute." The pharmacy stocks only generic levothyroxine 50 mcg.
649 words, about 3 min4The 250 mg Bottle and the Subpotent Recall
Monday afternoon: a 22 kg six-year-old with acute otitis media. The electronic prescription reads amoxicillin 400 mg/5 mL, 7.5 mL by mouth twice daily for 10 days, 150 mL.
590 words, about 3 min5Saturday Immunization Clinic: Three Judgment Calls
A New Jersey supermarket pharmacy runs a Saturday walk-in immunization clinic. (1) A 15-year-old asks for an influenza vaccine and a Tdap.
626 words, about 3 min