OR MPJE case studies
OR MPJE · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE) is a jurisprudence exam administered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) as a key part of the pharmacist licensure process. Since 1998 it has assessed candidates' knowledge of state-specific laws and regulations as well as federal laws. The OR MPJE case studies are 5 cases and about 3,176 words.
1Oregon Pharmacist Prescribing: Combined Hormonal Contraceptive With Migraine With Aura
A 24-year-old woman with no primary care clinician walks into an Oregon community pharmacy and asks the pharmacist to prescribe a 12-month supply of norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol 0.25/35 mg. Oregon allows pharmacists to prescribe self-administered hormonal contraceptives, and the pharmacist has completed the required training.
658 words, about 3 min2Death With Dignity Prescription: The 15-Day Oral Request Clock
A 68-year-old man with metastatic pancreatic cancer and a hospice prognosis of less than six months asks his Oregon attending physician for aid-in-dying medication. The physician writes a Schedule II prescription for secobarbital 100 mg capsules, quantity 90, with directions to take all at once.
675 words, about 3 min3Corresponding Responsibility: Cash Oxycodone and Alprazolam From 90 Miles Away
A 32-year-old man new to the pharmacy presents two prescriptions from a prescriber 90 miles away in another county: oxycodone 30 mg, quantity 120, one tablet four times daily, and alprazolam 2 mg, quantity 90, one tablet three times daily. He pays cash and says he is 'in town for work.' The Oregon PDMP shows an oxycodone 30 mg fill 18 days ago at another pharmacy, a hydrocodone fill 40 days ago from a different prescriber, and alprazolam from a third prescriber.
615 words, about 3 min4Too-Good-to-Be-True Wholesale Offer: DSCSA and Oregon Licensure
An independent Oregon pharmacy is short on a high-demand inhaler. A broker emails an offer for 200 units at 45% below the primary wholesaler's price, wire transfer only, no returns, and drop shipment from a warehouse in Delaware.
592 words, about 3 min5Telehealth Adderall Prescription: Ryan Haight and State Licensure
A 22-year-old college student in Portland, Oregon, presents an electronic prescription for amphetamine/dextroamphetamine 20 mg, quantity 60, from a psychiatric nurse practitioner. The prescription notes that the visit was by telehealth.
636 words, about 3 min