A patient has had a lung/heart transplant and is immunosuppressed. What implication does this have for nursing care?
A) It must be provided in a sterile environment.
B) It must be meticulous.
C) It must be provided by transplant nurses.
D) It must be sterile.
Ans: B
Feedback: Many patients require immunosuppression to ensure engraftment of depleted bone marrow during transplantation procedures. For this reason, nursing care must be meticulous. Nursing care for a transplant patient must not be sterile, it must not be provided in a sterile environment, and it must not be provided by transplant nurses.
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