Problem:
Mrs. Jones, 45y/o, presents to women's clinic as a new patient. She reports her last exam was more than five years ago. She also notes she has chronic low back pain, never evaluated by a healthcare provider, for which she takes her elderly mother's pain medication, Vicodin, a prescription opioid. As the nurse admitting her to clinic today, you include the following in your interaction. Choose the best answer(s). Multiple correct question Ask how often she takes the Vicodin and tell the patient you need to know whether she is clean today. Recognize that Mrs. Jones use of her mother's prescribed pain pills to treat her own pain is drug misuse. Further assess Mrs. Jones' back pain and dosage/frequency of Vicodin use. Tell Mrs. Jones to immediately stop taking her mother's pain pills because she will become a drug addict.