NM MPJE case studies
NM MPJE · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The New Mexico Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (NM MPJE) is the jurisprudence component of pharmacist licensure in New Mexico. It is a computer-adaptive, multiple-choice examination built around federal drug law and New Mexico pharmacy law, and it is taken in addition to the NAPLEX as part of the licensure process. The NM MPJE case studies are 5 cases and about 3,572 words.
1The 18-Day Oxycodone Refill, the Flight to Houston, and the Transfer Request
A 41-year-old man hands you a paper prescription for oxycodone 30 mg tablets, quantity 120, one tablet every six hours, written 12 days ago by a prescriber 90 miles away. Your records show he filled an identical 30-day supply 18 days ago at a store across town; both purchases were cash.
756 words, about 4 min2PIC Vacancy, a Technician at the Verification Station, and a 2 p.m. Inspection
You are the relief pharmacist on a Saturday at a community pharmacy in Las Cruces. The pharmacist-in-charge resigned effective yesterday, and the owner says the store will "stay open until we hire someone," perhaps three weeks.
698 words, about 3 min3Airflow Alarm Mid-Batch, a 14-Day Room-Temperature BUD, and a Non-Registered API Source
An outpatient infusion pharmacy prepares a batch of 12 syringes of ceftriaxone 1 g in 0.9% sodium chloride for home-infusion patients. Compounding is done in a horizontal laminar airflow workbench inside an ISO 7 buffer room; the workbench was last certified eight months ago, and pressure differentials are logged daily.
730 words, about 4 min4Collaborative Practice: An INR of 6.2, a Six-Month Benzodiazepine Favor, and a Family Request
You are a pharmacist with prescriptive authority practicing under a written collaborative practice agreement with a six-physician primary care group in Albuquerque. The agreement authorizes you to manage warfarin therapy, adjust levothyroxine using defined lab triggers, initiate statin therapy, and administer long-acting injectable antipsychotics at the clinic; it lists referral criteria and requires documentation of every encounter.
682 words, about 3 min5A Broken Tamper Seal, 47 Missing Tablets, and an Officer Without a Warrant
Tuesday at your Albuquerque pharmacy. A distributor's tote of apixaban arrives: the DSCSA transaction information is incomplete for two of twelve bottles, and one carton's tamper seal is broken with a lot number that does not match the packing slip.
706 words, about 4 min