Mycophenolate mofetil is a cytotoxic drug that is commonly used in patients receiving kidney transplants as part of a combination therapy. Studies  performed to assess whether reductions in mycophenolate mofetil dose given to transplant patients have deleterious effects on the transplanted kidney function or on episodes of graft rejection. The motivation for this type of study is the

A 22-year-old female patient reports not having a menstrual period for the past six months. Which patient statement would be most helpful in identifying a potential cause of the amenorrhea?

A patient who has ovarian cancer is crying and tells the nurse, “My husband rarely visits. He just doesn’t care.” The husband tells the nurse that he does not know what to say to his wife. Which problem is appropriate for the nurse to address in the plan of care?

Effective vaccines have been developed against a number of deadly diseases. However, there remain several important infectious diseases for which vaccines are currently lacking. One important aspect of developing effective vaccines against these pathogens is:

The nurse is reviewing risk factors for breast cancer. Which of these women is at highest risk for breast cancer?

Red blood cells are common targets of drug-induced anemia, where  IgG antibodies  bind to the drug-coated red blood cell and promote red blood cell destruction. The drug binding to the red blood cell surface does not actually harm the red blood cell, the anemia resulting in this disorder is caused by:

In the cosmic timeline for the universe starting at the Big Bang, we live in the Planck era.

Which of the following best explains why the night sky is dark?

Which of these items is a key assumption in our most successful models for galaxy formation?

The current temperature of the universe as a whole is