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NABP NAPLEX CONTENT OUTLINE

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Effective May 1, 2025 (Click Below to Download Full Outline)

Area 1 – Obtain, Interpret, or Assess Data, Medical, or Patient Information (Approximately 18% of Test)

  • 1.1 – From instruments, screening tools, laboratory, genomic or genetic information, or diagnostic findings

  • 1.2 – From patients: treatment adherence, or medication-taking behavior; chief complaint, medication history, medical history, family history, social history, lifestyle habits, socioeconomic background

  • 1.3 – From practitioners: treatment adherence, or medication-taking behavior; chief complaint, medication history, medical history, family history, social history, lifestyle habits, socioeconomic background

  • 1.4 – From medical records: treatment adherence, or medication-taking behavior; chief complaint, medication history, medical history, family history, social history, lifestyle habits, socioeconomic background

  • 1.5 – Signs or symptoms of medical conditions, healthy physiology, etiology of diseases, or pathophysiology

  • 1.6 – Risk factors or maintenance of health and wellness

  • 1.7 – Evidence-based literature or studies using primary, secondary, and tertiary references

Area 2 – Identify Drug Characteristics (Approximately 14% of Test)

  • 2.1 – Pharmacology, mechanism of action, or therapeutic class

  • 2.2 – Commercial availability; prescription or non-prescription status; brand, generic, or biosimilar names; physical descriptions; or how supplied

  • 2.3 – Boxed warnings or REMS

  • 2.4 – Pregnancy or lactation

Area 3 – Develop or Manage Treatment Plans (Approximately 35% of Test)

  • 3.1 – Triage or medical referral

  • 3.2 – Therapeutic goals or outcomes and clinical endpoints

  • 3.3 – Medication reconciliation; indication or therapeutic uses; lack of indication; inappropriate indication; duplication of therapy; omissions

  • 3.4 – Drug dosing or dosing adjustments; duration of therapy

  • 3.5 – Drug route of administration, dosage forms, or delivery systems

  • 3.6 – Drug contraindications, allergies, or precautions

  • 3.7 – Adverse drug effects, toxicology, or overdose

  • 3.8 – Drug interactions

  • 3.9 – Therapeutic monitoring parameters, monitoring techniques, monitoring tools, or monitoring frequency

  • 3.10 – Drug pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics

  • 3.11 – Evidence-based practice

  • 3.12 – Non-drug therapy: lifestyle, self-care, first-aid, complementary and alternative medicine, or medical equipment

Area 4 – Perform Calculations (Approximately 14% of Test) 

  • 4.1 – Patient parameters or laboratory measures

  • 4.2 – Quantities of drugs to be dispensed or administered

  • 4.3 – Rates of administration

  • 4.4 – Dose conversions

  • 4.5 – Drug concentrations, ratio strengths, osmolarity, osmolality, or extent of ionization

  • 4.6 – Quantities of drugs or ingredients to be compounded

  • 4.7 – Nutritional needs and the content of nutrient sources

  • 4.8 – Biostatistics, epidemiological, or pharmacoeconomic measures

  • 4.9 – Pharmacokinetic parameters

Area 5 – Compound, Dispense, or Administer Drugs, or Manage Delivery Systems (Approximately 11% of Test)

  • 5.1 – Physicochemical properties of drug products affecting compatibility, stability, delivery, absorption, onset, duration, distribution, metabolism, or elimination

  • 5.2 – Techniques, procedures, or equipment for hazardous or non-hazardous sterile products

  • 5.3 – Techniques, procedures, or equipment for hazardous or non-hazardous non-sterile products

  • 5.4 – Equipment or delivery systems

  • 5.5 – Instructions or techniques for drug administration

  • 5.6 – Packaging, storage, handling, or disposal

Area 6 – Develop or Manage Practice or Medication-Use Systems to Ensure Safety and Quality (Approximately 7% of Test)

  • 6.1 – Interdisciplinary practice, collaborative practice, or expanded practice responsibilities

  • 6.2 – Continuity of care or transitions of care

  • 6.3 – Disease prevention or screening programs; or stewardship

  • 6.4 – Vulnerable populations, special populations, or risk prevention programs

  • 6.5 – Pharmacy informatics





 
 
 

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