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Question 1 of 22

While studying the T- and B-cell immune suppressors, the nursing students learn that the most commonly used immune suppressant is what?

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Question 2 of 22

The nurse is preparing a patient to receive immunosuppressant drugs on an outpatient basis. What is the priority for the nurse to arrange for this patient in the home environment?

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Question 3 of 22

The nurse is caring for a child requiring cyclosporine to prevent rejection. Cyclosporine is given to adults using a dosage of 15 mg/kg. The nurse calculates the child's dosage is 20 mg/kg. What is the nurse's priority action?

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Question 4 of 22

Your patient taking belatacept becomes pregnant. After discussion with her partner, you, and her health care provider, she decides the best thing to do is continue taking the drug while pregnant. In addition to making this informed decision, what else should she do?

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Question 5 of 22

A 72-year-old male patient has arrived at the outpatient unit to receive an infusion of alemtuzumab (Compath). The patient tells the nurse this is the second time his chronic lymphocytic leukemia has relapsed and the second time he will receive this drug because he failed alemtuzumab therapy after being treated with an alkylating agent. What is the nurse's priority action?

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Question 6 of 22

A patient with chronic hepatitis C has been prescribed peginterferon alfa 2b (PEG-INTRON). By what route would the nurse administer this drug?

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Question 7 of 22

The nurse is preparing to administer routine, recommended immunizations to an immunocompromised 1-year-old child. What is the most important information to know before administering a vaccination?

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Question 8 of 22

The health care provider plans to inject an interferon directly into the patient's wart. What interferon will the nurse prepare?

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Question 9 of 22

The patient underwent an allograft renal transplant 48 hours earlier and is showing signs of rejection. What drug would the nurse expect the physician to order?

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Question 10 of 22

The nurse is caring for a young adult woman taking immune modulating medications who has been advised to use barrier contraceptives but she wants to start her family. What information can the nurse provide about these drugs to help this patient with her decision-making?

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Question 11 of 22

The nurse is preparing to administer varicella vaccine to a young woman. Which of the following findings has the greatest implication for this young woman's care?

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Question 12 of 22

Which virus has been associated with posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder?

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Question 13 of 22

The pharmacology instructor is explaining interleukins to the class. What would be the best definition of interleukins?

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Question 14 of 22

The nurse has an order to administer oprelvekin (Neumega) to a patient for the first time. Before administering the drug, what allergy would the nurse want to specifically question the patient about?

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Question 15 of 22

A patient who is receiving an immune suppressant has been admitted to the unit. What would be a priority action by the nurse?

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Question 16 of 22

How do immune suppressants work when ordered for a patient who has had an organ transplant?

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Question 17 of 22

What monoclonal antibody is used to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in high-risk children?

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Question 18 of 22

Which of the following patients would be eligible to receive the influenza vaccine?

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Question 19 of 22

During routine prenatal testing, a patient is diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus infection. To help prevent perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus to the fetus, what is the nurse's best action?

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Question 20 of 22

A 70-year-old patient with acute myelocytic leukemia is receiving sargramostim (Leukine). What is a priority nursing action for this patient?

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Question 21 of 22

The nurse admits a patient who was newly diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma to the unit. The physician has ordered an IV infusion of an interferon. What drug would be appropriate?

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Question 22 of 22

The nurse advises human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients about blood draws to obtain a CD4+ count. What is the correct information to give them about when and how this laboratory blood work should be done?

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