The liberal arts college of a university is simply the arm of that university that teaches courses in the liberal arts to all students of that university. Journalism is a professional field though often found in the English department. The others you mention would be among the liberal arts.
The fundamental principle for the use of vancomycin in dialysis patients is that the drug should only be administered when the plasma concentration is too low to be effective. However, guidelines for appropriate plasma sampling schedules are not available.
I care for a COPD patient who has a prn order for morphine to treat his dyspnea. Why would the physician order this drug when respiratory depression is a side effect? Morphine is the drug of choice for managing dyspnea in COPD. However, it's given in much smaller doses for dyspnea than for pain. Morphine helps a patient breathe easier in a number of ways: It reduces anxiety and may blunt the body's response to hypercapnia and hypoxemia that contribute to dyspnea. Its vasodilating effect reduces preload, which in turn relieves pulmonary congestion that also contributes to dyspnea.