Failure to Thrive: Who is at Risk, and How it is Treated
Build nursing competence in recognizing, assessing, escalating, and coordinating evidence-based care for infants and children with growth faltering.
- Contact hours
- 3
- Format
- Self-paced, online
- Last reviewed
- Sep 19, 2026
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Course Purpose
Build nursing competence in recognizing, assessing, escalating, and coordinating evidence-based care for infants and children with growth faltering.
Continuing Education Credit Designation
This educational activity is credited for 3 contact hours at completion of the activity.
Overview
After completing this course, the nurse will be able to identify concerning growth patterns, obtain accurate measurements, assess feeding and psychosocial factors, and recognize findings that require urgent evaluation. The nurse will also be able to support individualized nutrition and feeding plans, monitor response to treatment, prevent refeeding complications, and coordinate multidisciplinary follow-up.
Objectives
Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:
- Differentiate growth faltering from expected variations in pediatric growth.
- Identify medical, nutritional, feeding-skill, developmental, and psychosocial contributors to growth faltering.
- Perform and document an accurate nursing assessment of anthropometric measurements, dietary intake, feeding behavior, development, and safety.
- Apply an evidence-based diagnostic pathway that uses targeted testing rather than indiscriminate laboratory screening.
- Implement and evaluate individualized nutrition, feeding, safety, and follow-up interventions within the nurse's scope of practice.
- Recognize clinical instability, severe malnutrition, refeeding risk, possible maltreatment, and other indications for urgent escalation.
Policy Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the policies of FastCEForLess.com. This course should be used for informational purposes only and should not be used to diagnose, treat, prescribe, recommend, or initiate therapies or treatments in any setting. This course is copyrighted by Fast CE For Less, Inc. and may not be replicated, copied, or dispersed without written consent.
Disclosures
Fast CE For Less, Inc. and its authors have no disclosures. There is no commercial support.
Who this course is for:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and other healthcare providers in any setting who want continuing education on Failure to Thrive: Who is at Risk, and How it is Treated.
Course outline
8 sections · finish in any order across devices
- 1
Introduction
- 2
Types of Failure to Thrive
- 3
Risk Factors
- 4
Diagnosis
- 5
Testing
- 6
Treatment Options
- 7
Management And Long-Term Outlook
- 8
Conclusion
References
The full reference list is included inside the course, after the Conclusion.
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