A 3-month-old infant is diagnosed with failure to thrive. For which cause should the nurse include interventions when planning care for this patient?
A) A reaction to severe stress
B) Limited calcium metabolism
C) Poor parent–child relationship
D) Interference with gastrointestinal absorption
C
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Failure to thrive is a syndrome in which an infant falls below the 5th percentile for weight and height on a standard growth chart or is falling in percentiles on a growth chart. One category of this syndrome occurs because of a disturbance in the parent–child relationship, resulting in maternal role insufficiency or a nonorganic cause. Failure to thrive is not caused by a reaction to severe stress, limited calcium metabolism, or interference with gastrointestinal absorption.
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