Subjective
Chronic headaches, she complains
lack of sleep
Too fatigued to lament
lack of love
Too weak to fight
lack of voice
Resigned to
Chasing her pain with pills
Objective observations
Affect flattened
Her eyes blackened by fist impressions
Forearm bruises read like a map
islands without sanctuary
A second-degree burn from
failing
the third degree
her hands tremble
her compass sways between gain and loss
old lines fade, new ones are drawn
Assessment
she believes she can change him
she believes he is wounded
she fears escalation
Plan
Survival prn
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Footnotes
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