Three Months After a Kidney Transplant, a Client Develops Fever

question 4

Multiple Choice

Three months after a kidney transplant, a client develops fever, graft tenderness, malaise, and elevated white blood cell count. The nurse conducts further assessments based on understanding that the likely cause of these manifestations is

• A) graft rejection.
• B) influenza.
• C) pyelonephritis.
• D) urinary tract infection.

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Definitions:

Mitosis

The stage of cellular reproduction in which nuclear division occurs; process in which a parent nucleus produces two daughter nuclei, each having the same number and kinds of chromosomes as the parent nucleus.

Psilotum

A genus of fern-like plants belonging to the whisk fern family (Psilotaceae), known for lacking true roots and leaves.

Angiosperms

A large group of flowering plants that develop seeds within an enclosed ovary.

Gymnosperms

A group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes, characterized by seeds that are not enclosed by a fruit.