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After Teaching a Patient on Immunosuppressant Therapy After a Kidney

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After teaching a patient on immunosuppressant therapy after a kidney transplant about the posttransplant drug regimen, the nurse determines that additional teaching is needed when the patient says,


A) "I need to be monitored closely because I have a greater chance of developing malignant tumors."
B) "If I develop an acute rejection episode, I will need to have other types of drugs given IV."
C) "After a couple of years, it is likely that I will be able to stop taking the calcineurin inhibitor."
D) "The drugs are given in combination because they act differently to inhibit cytokine production and lymphocyte activity."

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