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The Nurse Is Examining a 3-Month-Old Infant

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The nurse is examining a 3-month-old infant.While holding her thumbs on the infant's inner mid-thighs and her fingers outside on the hips,touching the greater trochanter,the nurse adducts the infant's legs until her thumbs touch and then abducts the legs until the knees touch the table.The nurse does not note any "clunking" sounds,and is confident to record a:


A) positive Allis sign.
B) negative Allis sign.
C) positive Ortolani sign.
D) negative Ortolani sign.

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