select a pathophysiologic alteration from the list provided by the faculty member. You may not choose the same disease process as your pathophysiologic mini diagram for this assignment. Students may complete this assignment alone or with one of their classmates. The assignment is comprised of a paper and diagram focusing on the selected pathophysiologic alteration.
In the body of the paper students will present:
1)U. S. and world epidemiologic data that includes the incidence/prevalence and trends for the pathophysiologic alteration. Additional epidemiologic concepts to be included are age, gender, and race.
2)A narrative of the risk factors for the development of this disease process and identify why they are risk factors, that is, how do they put a person at risk for the disease or how they initiate the pathophysiologic process leading to the disease.
3)A narrative of the clinical manifestations of the disease process and explain why they are present.
4) A narrative of how the disease process could impact the psychosocial health/well-being of the individual and their family. Questions to think about and discuss include but are not limited to are:
5) How could the disease process could impact their self-concept or the way they view themselves?
6) How could the disease could impact the person’s ability to do what they want to do? (work and recreation)
7) How could the disease process could impact their ability to perform their roles? (parent/work/earn a living)
8)How could the disease process impact relationships with their partner, family, and friends?
9)How could the disease process impact their spiritual health?
10) How could the disease process impact the family?
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