What are the collaborative care options to save the kidney if rejection is present?
What will be an ideal response?
If the biopsy reveals rejection, oral immunosuppressant medications are increased or returned to the
higher doses used immediately after transplantation, or the medication regimen is changed. Dialysis
might become necessary and is continued until BUN and creatinine levels normalize or a second
transplant is performed.
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The nurse writes an intervention for the goal: Patient will sleep for 5 hours uninterrupted each night. The best nursing intervention is:
a. medicate with sedative each night. b. offer warm fluids frequently. c. arrange for a large meal at supper. d. discourage daytime napping.
What will the drip rate of an intravenous infusion with a drop factor of 20 need to be in order to deliver 1000 mL in 8 hours?
a. 13 gtt/min b. 31 gtt/min c. 42 gtt/min d. 60 gtt/min
Which safety precaution does the nurse teach a patient going home on any antihypertensive drug for heart failure?
a. Always change positions slowly b. Never get up without assistance c. Take the drug in the evening before bedtime d. Avoid all over-the-counter drugs while taking this drug
A patient was admitted involuntarily. What assumption can the nurse make about the patient?
a. The patient may leave the unit whenever he or she chooses to do so. b. For the first 48 hours, the patient may be compelled to take prescribed medication. c. The patient has, through informed consent, agreed to accept treatment and participate fully in care planning. d. When admitted, the patient was an imminent danger to self or others or was deemed unable to provide for his or her own basic needs.