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.