The patient recovering in the PACU awakes confused and disoriented. The nurse's most appropriate intervention is to:
a. take vital signs.
b. encourage the patient to return to sleep.
c. say, "Your surgery is over. You are in the recovery area."
d. chart, "Patient awake and disoriented."
C
The patient should be reoriented and assured when awaking from anesthesia.
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