Problem:
As a nurse, you often get to know your patients personally as well as medically. Mary Peters is one of your patients. You know she feels lucky that a heart was found for her transplant surgery and glad just to be alive, but she still has to deal with organ rejection. (LO 46.2) Mary was prescribed cyclosporine. What is the mechanism of action of this drug? What adverse effects should Mary be monitored for while being administered this drug? What can be done to reduce the drug's adverse effects?