Goal: To provide a resource guide to assist nurses and other dialysis staff in answering patient questions relating to transplant evaluation, transplant medications, complications of transplantation, and responsibilities of the kidney transplant recipient.
Objectives:
Explain how transplant candidates are medically evaluated and chosen for kidney transplant.
Describe the process of how donor kidneys are selected.
Discuss the various immunosuppressant medications used for post-transplant kidney patients and their side effects.
Define rejection of a transplanted organ.
Explain the overall long-term care of the transplanted kidney.
Statement of Disclosure: The author reported no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this continuing nursing education article.
Author(s):
Clara
Neyhart,
BSN, RN, CNN,
University of North Carolina Kidney Center
Credits
Credits: None available.
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