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The Patient in a Long Arm Cast (From Below the Shoulder

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The patient in a long arm cast (from below the shoulder to the wrist,with a 90-degree elbow flexion) complains of a burning sensation over the elbow.The nurse's initial intervention should be:


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Situational Attribution

A decision by an observer to attribute a behavior to environmental forces facing the person who performed it rather than to that person’s internal state. See also Dispositional attribution.

Dispositional Attribution

A decision by an observer to attribute a behavior to the internal state(s) of the person who performed it rather than to factors in that person’s environment.

Internal Locus

An individual's belief that they can control their life events and outcomes, as opposed to external forces having that control.

External Locus

The belief that external forces or situations beyond one's own control dictate the outcomes of one's actions.

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