A patient is transferred to the surgical unit following a to…

A patient is transferred to the surgical unit following a total knee replacement. A nurse receives report from PACU on the patient indicating that the procedure went as planned but the patient seemed to have difficulty rousing following the surgery and spent 4 hours in PACU before being stable enough to transfer to the surgical unit. Labs were unremarkable and the patient was medically stable on arrival to the unit. Two hours later, the nurse hears loud snoring sounds coming from the patient’s room. The nurse conducts a focused assessment and finds stridor with an oxygen saturation of 93% on room air. Which action does the nurse take next?