A nursing student is observing in a pediatric clinic. A grandmother brings an infant age 2 months to be seen. The infant has failed to gain the expected amount of weight and looks unwell. The nursing student wonders if this may be a failure to thrive baby. Which one of the following has been linked to failure to thrive babies?
A) Nutritional deprivation
B) Working mothers
C) Use of day care centers
D) Premature births

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Nutritional deprivation has been identified as a common cause of failure to thrive in infants. This could result from inadequate feeding or poor quality of the feedings the infant is receiving. Factors such as working mothers, use of day care centers, and premature births may contribute to failure to thrive, but they are not directly linked to it.

A Nursing Student Is Observing in a Pediatric Clinic