Used Cifaldi's book but seemed pretty disorganized to me esp for NJ law. A lot of times he wanted you to refer to a previous statute which was like 10 pages back and you had to read over again. I would just download the NJ Statutes and Regulations online and read the Guide to Federal Law book by Reiss. I also bought pronto pass which is a waste of money.
Some topics on my exam (NOTE: not posting ACTUAL questions, just general topics):
-What is and isn't a controlled substance
-Read the Controlled Substance Act thoroughly and know that state law supersedes federal law so if there is a conflict of interest, follow state law
-Rules for writing and receiving prescriptions
-Counseling
-Plan B and Sudafed acts (everything on both of them, read and read carefully)
-Faxing, electronic Rxs, what you need what you don't need on it
-Labeling (Rx and OTC)
I would say about 10% of the exam was straightforward black and white but everything else seemed to be in the grey area. If you work retail or hospital do not apply whatever you do there to the exam because chances are you will be wrong. You HAVE TO READ the questions carefully because they will try to trick you every chance they get.
Most of the questions were situational. They won't ask you how many days is an Rx for _____ valid for. Instead they'll give you a question with the person bringing the Rx in saying he/she has Rx for this drug and introduce other variables making it more difficult to answer.
Some of the questions came from nowhere. Even after the exam when I did a google search there was nothing. There were obscure brand names that I couldn't recognize. Regardless of how much you study, there will be questions like that so don't be surprised and don't panic.
Almost everyone thinks they failed. I personally felt like someone just hit me with a brick...but I passed.
Just remember: READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY and Good luck! Hope this was useful.
Some topics on my exam (NOTE: not posting ACTUAL questions, just general topics):
-What is and isn't a controlled substance
-Read the Controlled Substance Act thoroughly and know that state law supersedes federal law so if there is a conflict of interest, follow state law
-Rules for writing and receiving prescriptions
-Counseling
-Plan B and Sudafed acts (everything on both of them, read and read carefully)
-Faxing, electronic Rxs, what you need what you don't need on it
-Labeling (Rx and OTC)
I would say about 10% of the exam was straightforward black and white but everything else seemed to be in the grey area. If you work retail or hospital do not apply whatever you do there to the exam because chances are you will be wrong. You HAVE TO READ the questions carefully because they will try to trick you every chance they get.
Most of the questions were situational. They won't ask you how many days is an Rx for _____ valid for. Instead they'll give you a question with the person bringing the Rx in saying he/she has Rx for this drug and introduce other variables making it more difficult to answer.
Some of the questions came from nowhere. Even after the exam when I did a google search there was nothing. There were obscure brand names that I couldn't recognize. Regardless of how much you study, there will be questions like that so don't be surprised and don't panic.
Almost everyone thinks they failed. I personally felt like someone just hit me with a brick...but I passed.
Just remember: READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY and Good luck! Hope this was useful.
I was also thinking about getting licensed in other states where I transferred my score but I still need to get verification of licensure from NJ first.
