The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a renal transplant recipient.The patient has a follow-up appointment the next day for routine post-transplant laboratory bloodwork,including trough levels of anti-rejection medications.Which instruction describes what the patient should do regarding the anti-rejection medications the next day?

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Medication trough levels are used to guide dosing.The patient should not take his morning dose of medications until labs have been drawn so that an accurate trough level is obtained.Transplant medication is administered at regular dosing intervals (e.g.every 12 hours)to maintain therapeutic drug levels and intervals should not be independently adjusted.Medication should not be skipped when lab is drawn.The patient should be instructed to take the medication immediately after lab work has been drawn.Medication is not to be held for an entire day as doing so places the patient at risk for rejection.

The Nurse Is Providing Discharge Instructions to a Renal Transplant