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Which assessment finding may indicate that a patient is experiencing adverse effects to a corticosteroid prescribed after kidney transplantation?
 
  a. Postural hypotension
  b. Recurrent tachycardia
  c. Knee and hip joint pain
  d. Increased serum creatinine

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A 38-year-old patient who had a kidney transplant 8 years ago is receiving the immunosuppressants tacrolimus (Prograf), cyclosporine (Sandimmune), and prednisone (Deltasone). Which assessment data will be of most concern to the nurse?
 
  a. The blood glucose is 144 mg/dL.
  b. There is a nontender axillary lump.
  c. The patient's skin is thin and fragile.
  d. The patient's blood pressure is 150/92.

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Which information in a patient's history indicates to the nurse that the patient is not an appropriate candidate for kidney transplantation?
 
  a. The patient has type 1 diabetes.
  b. The patient has metastatic lung cancer.
  c. The patient has a history of chronic hepatitis C infection.
  d. The patient is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
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Just confirmed the same answer from my friend, thanks
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