Question 1: What types of pain does Elsie Smith have?
Elsie Smith is a 75-year old female, who presents to the clinic with the purposes of refilling her medical prescriptions and addressing her balance and pain problems. Mrs. Smith has osteoarthritis, diabetes, associated peripheral neuropathy, and glaucoma.
She recounts experiencing a fall two weeks prior as she was hurrying to the bathroom after a meal. The fall led to a trip to the Emergency Department visit. As a result of the fall, Mrs. Smith reports the right knee and right jaw pain. ED x-rays show no fractures, but the results are consistent with patient’s history of arthritis.
In relation to right knee pain, Mrs. Smith attributes the recent pain to the fall and the
