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Nursing Case Study: Elizabeth Means

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Elizabeth Means is a 45-year-old female who comes in today with a 2 month history of increasing fatigue. The patient first started feeling tired when she was working for long hours to finish a job at work. The patient has been working her typical 8 hours daily for the past month and she has not recovered her

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