A physician has ordered gavage feeding every 4 hours for a 12-week-old infant with failure to thrive. In order to know how far to insert the feeding tube. The nurse should measure the distance from:
A)The tip of the infant's nose to the ear and then to the umbilicus
B)The infant's mouth to the xiphoid process of the sternum
C)The tip of the infant's nose to the ear and then to the xiphoid process of the sternum
D)The infant's mouth to the ear and then to the umbilicus
