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The nurse is teaching the parents of a 7-year-old child who has just had a cast applied for a fractured arm with the wrist and elbow immobilized. Which instructions should be included in the teaching?
 
  a. Swelling of the fingers is to be expected for the next 48 hours.
  b. Immobilize the shoulder to decrease pain in the arm.
  c. Allow the affected limb to hang down for 1 hour each day.
  d. Elevate casted arm when resting and when sitting up.
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