The nurse is caring for infants having the condition failure to thrive (FTT). Which infants would be at risk for this condition? Select all that apply
A) A newborn baby with tetralogy of Fallot
B) An infant with a cleft palate
C) An infant born to a diabetic mother
D) An infant born to an impoverished mother
E) An infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
F) An infant born to a teenage mother
Ans: A, B, D, E
Infants and children with cardiac or metabolic disease, chronic lung disease (bronchopulmonary dysplasia), cleft palate, or gastroesophageal reflux disease are at particular risk for FTT. Also, poverty is the single greatest contributing risk factor (Block et al., 2005). An infant born to a diabetic mother or an infant born to a teenage mother does not have increased risk for FTT.
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