How will the nurse interpret this symptom

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The nurse is administering IV vancomycin for H.L., a patient who has osteomyelitis that is not responding to other antibiotics. The dose is 1 g in 250 mL D5W, and the patient has a peripheral IV in the right antecubital. Upon returning to the nurse's station, new orders are identified. The orders include an additional IV antibiotic and an IV bolus of morphine 3 mg.

A. Given the new orders, how will the nurse proceed?

B. Upon returning to the room, the patient complains that his face feels warm. How will the nurse interpret this symptom, and will the nurse take any action?

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