Nursing Notes

Leptospirosis is a disease that is caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira Interrogans. It is a bacterial infection passed from animals to...

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is a condition wherein the prostate gets enlarged, causing it to compress the urethra. This will lead to the manifestation of...

A kidney is a reddish-brown, bean-shaped organ with a smooth surface. It is about 12 cm x 6 cm x 3 cm (length-width-thickness) in...

Nursing documentation is responsible for keeping the legal record of the patient, which is known as the patient’s chart, regarding his personal information and...

Did you know that the body part responsible for controlling mineral or salt content in the blood is the same body part responsible for...

“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance” – Franklin P. Jones This quotation certainly speaks of staying on...

Cirrhosis is a chronic disease characterized by replacement of healthy liver tissue with diffuse fibrosis that disrupts the structure and function of the liver....

Autism remains to be a marvel in the field of medicine. It is a complex disorder that is not diagnosed medically but by behavioral...

Nursing intervention is the third step and considered the core, of the nursing care process. Every nurse knows that this is the phase where...

Guillain-Barré Syndrome is a neuromuscular disorder, also termed as polyradiculoneuritis, and acute condition that involves inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy that occurs on the peripheral sensory...

Accurate documentation is crucial in the nursing profession, as it is the foundation for providing safe and effective care to patients. This responsibility not...

Lydia Hall’s nursing theory—Core, Care, and Cure Model—is client-centered (Anonuevo et al., 2000). Hall’s metaparadigm centers on the following: on a person as...