The nurse is caring for a patient after abdominal surgery in the PACU. The patients blood pressure has increased and the patient is restless. The patients oxygen saturation is $97 \%$. What cause for this change in status should the nurse first suspect?

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An increase in blood pressure and restlessness are symptoms of pain. The patients oxygen saturation is $97 \%$, so hypothermia, hypoxia, and shock are not likely causes of the patients restlessness.

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