Pediatric Nursing by Kathryn Rudd,Diane Kocisko

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You are seeing a 2 1 / 2-year-old male child. The parent tells you that the boy has in-toeing and is bowlegged.The grandparents in the room insist the father had the same thing and was treated with a "bar and boots" from ages 1 to 4. They all are anxious about the problem.As the nurse with knowledge of normal growth and development, you would consider that this is
A) normal for a toddler, and no treatment is needed.
B) genu valgus.
C) a hereditary birth defect, and bracing should begin immediately.
D) a developmental dislocated hip (DDH)