The nurse is collecting data for a child diagnosed with nonorganic failure to thrive and notes that the child voluntarily vomits after eating. How should the nurse document this behavior?
A) Rumination
B) Tolerance
C) Self-inflicted starvation
D) Encopresis
Ans: A
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