Which skill, if it cannot be performed by a 3-year-old child, should alert the nurse that the child may be developmentally delayed?

3-year old child should effectively do motor movements such as:

• Using a spoon,

• Walk up and down stairs,

• Walk forward and backward,

• Climb,

• Throw and catch a ball,

• Run and ride a tricycle.

Also, at this age, child will develop rapidly, improve its language skills, build relationships and develop imagination.