The nurse is caring for a patient with a suspected methicillin resistant staphylococcal aureus (MRSA) skin infection. While awaiting wound cultures and sensitivities, the patient is empirically given vancomycin. When the nurse starts the IV infusion of vancomycin, the patient acutely develops a pruritic, erythematous rash that involves the face, neck and upper torso. Which action does the nurse take first?
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