Reference no: EM133567986
Question: John, age 45 is taking cyclosporine after receiving a kidney transplant from his brother. John has a history that includes Diabetes Type 1 since age 10; early retinopathy, and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities. John's wife has been online reading up on alternative therapies and thinks she has found something that will work just as well.
1) How would you respond to John's wife in the most therapeutic manner?
2) John and his wife both ask about the side effects associated with cyclosporine. What should you teach them?
3) What assessment data is critical to collect prior to collect prior to initiation of cyclosporine therapy?
4) What ongoing assessments are indicated?
5) What are the priority collaborative problems that you must consider for patients taking cyclosporine?
6) Discuss nursing interventions and rationales for patients receiving immunosuppressants.
7) What laboratory values should be assessed at regular intervals? Explain the rationale.
8) What are the most common adverse reactions, drug-to-drug, and drug-food/herbal interactions with cyclosporine?