You are a nurse preparing to receive a new patient, fresh from surgery, to your unit. The patient is a 71-year-old man who underwent a surgical repair of a fractured hip. As you receive a report from the postanesthesia recovery unit, you learn that his medical history includes hypertension, 40 pack years of smoking, and COPD. His surgical repair was successful but complicated by excessive bleeding, and he is currently receiving a blood. His significant other has recently passed away, and he has no other family close by. He lives alone and receives Meals on Wheels three times each week