Final Assignment

I was thinking about GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). The professor is really strict about in-text citations; they must be added whenever a source is used and must be no older than five years. I added some PowerPoint slides from her on GERD (img 8917 and 8918), which can be cited as (Bellomo, 2025): Prof. T. Bellomo, Pathophysiology, Nursing 27. Also, here are a few books that we are using: please use at least one of these books as the reference. Story, L. (2024). Pathophysiology: A practical approach (5th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEXRN Examination. (2021). i added img 8940 from this book. the other images i added 8950 and 8951 are from this book: Hinkle, J. L., & Cheever, K. H. (2023). Brunner & Suddarth’s textbook of medicalsurgical nursing (15th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. You will write a paper on a pathophysiological disease or disorder of your choice that relates to either the adult or child population. This assignment is an opportunity for you to explore a particular disease of interest to you. This comprehensive paper will be 3-4 pages in length and should include the following components: Definition of the disease/disorder and the related epidemiology (20 points) Explanation of the pathophysiology of the disease/disorder (25 points) Description of the clinical manifestations and assessments (15 points) Identification of the diagnostic tests for the disease/disorder (15 points) Explanation of the clinical management and the effect on the pathophysiology of the disease/disorder (15 points) APA format (title page, headers, reference page) (10 points)