While caring for a patient in the post anesthesia care unit , a nurse plans to keep the patient warm .What is the must important reason for this action?

While caring for a patient in the post anesthesia care unit , a nurse plans to keep the patient warm .What is the must important reason for this action?

(A) To lower risk of infection resulting from chill
(B) To prevent cutaneous vessel dilation
(C) To decrease patient anxiety
(D) To preserve nutritional stores

Correct option is (C) To decrease patient anxiety. Explanation: While caring for a patient in the post anesthesia care unit , a nurse plans to keep the patient warm. To decrease patient anxiety is the must important reason for this action.