The emergency department nurse is caring for a 3-year-old girl with an arm injury. The mother is very upset because she believes she broke her daughter's arm. "I was lifting her by her hands and felt a pop in her wrist. She instantly started screaming." The child is now guarding and refusing to move her arm. Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?
a) "You probably dislocated her radial head when you lifted her."
b) "Her arm isn't broken. This injury is common and easily fixed with no complications."
c) "The popping noise was the ligament surrounding the radial head becoming entrapped."
d) "This is most likely nursemaid's elbow; you will have to be more careful in the future."
Answer: b)"Her arm isn't broken. This injury is common and easily fixed with no complications."
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