INSTRUCTIONS-
Address the following questions: Consider how the setting in which you see the patient may impact your recommendations for medications, treatments, or follow-up care. How would your recommendations have changed for this patient if she was underinsured? What about if the encounter had occurred at a mobile clinic for unhoused clients? Include the following components:
I. answer all questions in the reflection prompt
II. demonstrate clinical judgment appropriate to the patient scenario
III. cite at least one relevant scholarly source as defined by program expectations. Must be APA within 5 years
IV. communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation
The patient you are referring to is a 65-year-old female that presented with lower back pain for two weeks to the emergency room. An MRI of the lumbar spine and Xray. The conclusion is that she has sciatica. So the treatment would include an NSAIDs or Tylenol. Refer to physical therapy, pain management doctor, and or consider an epidural steroid injection.
You are to read the scenario above and answer the questions asked appropriately. You are to answer this question as if you are a medical professional treating this patient.
