The nurse is providing care for an individual who has received a heart transplant.The patient is taking cyclosporine, which is due at 9:00 a.m.and has orders for cyclosporine levels to be drawn around the dose.Which of the following times should the laboratory test be collected?

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The laboratory test for cyclosporine levels should be collected around the time of the dose, which is at 9:00 a.m. Therefore, option C (at 8:45 a.m.) is the best choice as it is closest to the time the medication is due to be given. Collecting the sample at 12 noon (option A) will not be ideal as it is already far off from the scheduled time for the medication. Option B suggests collecting the sample at 6:00 a.m. with routine morning labs, which is not close to the time the medication is being given, and hence not the ideal time to draw the test. Option D, collecting the test at 9:00 a.m. the next day, would miss the opportunity to measure the drug level at the optimal time, hence not the best choice.

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