When assessing an 18-month-old toddler, the nurse would expect ...

[joesmith1212]

When assessing an 18-month-old toddler, the nurse would expect the child to be able to:
 
  a. Jump with both feet
  b. Walk upstairs with one hand held
  c. Use a vocabulary of 300 words
  d. Demonstrate daytime bowel and bladder control

Question 2

When the pediatrician abducts the child's femur, the nurse hears an audible click, which is the diagnostic sign called_____________ _.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer to Question 1

B
An 18-month-old can walk upstairs if the hand is held. The child is just beginning to have physiologic control of the sphincters, but does not achieve daytime control of the bowel and bladder until later. The child cannot jump with both feet until about 30 months of age.

Answer to Question 2

Ortolani's sign
Ortolani's sign is the audible click heard when the femur is snapped back into the acetabulum.