Using at least one quote each from the “Statement by Catholic Theologians on Humanae Vitae” and the chapter from Mark Massa entitled “The Charles Curran Affair,” explain the details of why and how Fr. Charles Curran opposed the Church’s teaching on birth control. In your explanation, consider the implicit understanding of conscience presented in both writings. Write no more than 300 words.

The birth control pill was originally marketed as a “natural” solution to the regulation of children, thereby being presented as a legitimate alternative to “artificial” contraception.

Analysis Essay #1 Prompts Personal Experience + Analytical Evidence + Textual Synthesis.  In each of the following prompts, you will begin with a personal reflection, and then synthesize your experience with other texts to support your thesis statement. To be eligible for an A, you must engage with at least two course texts. The texts must be analyzed when used as evidence. By analysis: examine specific scenes, language choices, rhetorical strategies, or arguments to support your claims. Essay Prompt 1: Identity, Diversity, and Socially Constructed Identities Many aspects of identity—such as race, gender, class, nationality, ability, religion, or sexuality—are not just personal traits. They are socially constructed, meaning they are shaped by cultural norms, institutions, Capitalism, history, and power structures. These constructions influence how we are perceived and how we understand ourselves. Write an essay reflecting on one or two aspects of your identity that have been shaped by social expectations or cultural systems. Consider how you became aware of these identities and how they have affected your sense of self, belonging, opportunity, or limitation. Then, synthesize your experience with at least two course texts that explore identity and diversity. Your task is to analyze how the texts reveal identity as socially constructed and how those representations help you interpret your own experience—or complicate it. Essay Prompt 2: The Human Condition — Staying vs. Leaving At some point, most people face a difficult decision: to stay or to leave. This might involve a relationship, a friendship, a community, a belief system, a job, a school, a hometown—or even an old version of yourself. The choice to stay or leave often reveals something fundamental about the human condition: fear, loyalty, growth, survival, autonomy, hope, or belonging. Write an essay analyzing a time when you had to decide whether to stay or leave. Reflect on what shaped your decision and what this moment reveals about human nature more broadly. Then, synthesize your experience with at least two course texts that explore staying, leaving, belonging, resistance, identity, or transformation.   Essay Prompt 3: Systemic Privilege and Everyday Life Systemic privilege operates beyond individual intention. It shapes access, safety, representation, opportunity, and credibility in ways that often feel invisible to those who benefit from it. Write an essay reflecting on a time when you either benefited from systemic privilege or experienced its absence or didn’t check your privilege. Then, synthesize your experience with at least two course texts that reflect systems of power and privilege. Essay Prompt 4: Power, Social Justice, and Resistance Power determines who is heard, who is protected, and who is marginalized. It can be visible or subtle, personal or institutional. Write an essay examining a moment when you encountered power—either by challenging it (protests), benefiting from it, or feeling constrained by it. Then, synthesize your experience with at least two course texts that engage with power, social justice, and resistance.  To Earn an A, Your Essay Must: >Make a clear, arguable claim (not just tell a story). This is your thesis statement.>Include thoughtful personal reflection. Include specific narrative and descriptive details.>Use at least two course texts.>Offer a brief summary of each text. Then analyze the texts. The analysis must include textual, quoted evidence. Remember to introduce each quote with appropriate context…then unpack how the quote functions to support your thesis.  >Connect your experience and the texts throughout your essay (synthesis).  TEXTS You can analyze: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gDm5B3R0wnWHXNLAl9Fg0dC_vk-W9pbwEXjB5vFIAPk/edit?usp=sharing

When evaluating a patient with snoring, morning headaches and daytime drowsiness, which tools would be helpful to determine if diagnostic testing for obstructive sleep apnea is warranted? Choose all that apply.

A 74-year-old presents with dyspnea and lower-extremity edema. BNP is markedly elevated. Chest x-ray shows interstitial edema. Sodium is 129 mEq/L.   These findings most strongly indicate:

A sedated patient on volume assist-control ventilation suddenly triggers a low-pressure and low exhaled tidal volume alarm during repositioning. Exhaled tidal volume drops to near zero. SpO₂ decreases from 95% to 91%. The ventilator circuit appears loose near the patient connection.   What should the nurse do first?

A 70-year-old with severe COPD presents with worsening dyspnea and lethargy. ABG: pH 7.29, PaCO₂ 66 mmHg, PaO₂ 58 mmHg on 3 L nasal cannula. The patient is drowsy but arousable and protecting their airway. There is no facial trauma and minimal secretions.   Which intervention is most appropriate at this time?

A client with advanced COPD is receiving noninvasive ventilation for worsening dyspnea. ABG results show:   pH 7.27 PaCO₂ 70 mm Hg PaO₂ 82 mm Hg on 40% FiO₂   Which interpretation is most accurate?

A 68-year-old presents with 6-pound weight gain in 3 days, orthopnea, and fatigue. Vital signs: HR 110, RR 24, SpO₂ 91% RA.   Which assessment finding supports acute decompensated heart failure?

A 79-year-old with metastatic pancreatic cancer dies on the medical unit. Death was expected. There is no coroner involvement. The family is present and requests time with the body.   What is the nurse’s priority action?