[Solved]: While caring for your patient in clinical, you take…

While caring for your patient in clinical, you take his vital signs with an automatic vital sign machine at 0800 and get T – 98°F, P – 64, BP – 126/74, and SpO2 – 98% on room air. Manually, you assess the respiratory rate at 19 breaths per minute. When asked about pain, your patient says he is having abdominal incision pain at a 2 on a scale of 0 to 10. Your patient has a good morning and is sitting up in the chair reading when you take his vital signs with the same machine at noon. The readings are T – 96.6°F, P – 51, BP – 94/46, and SpO2 – 70% on room air. When you repeat vital signs with the machine, you get similar readings. The respiratory rate is 17, and pain assessment response is a 3. Why would you notify the health-care provider regarding his abnormal vital signs? How you would determine if the vital sign readings could be inaccurate? Why would it be beneficial to take the vital signs manually rather than relying on the machine? What should your next course of action be?