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Nursing Care Plan – Leptospirosis

November 5, 2008 · 8 Comments 



leptospirosis thumb Nursing Care Plan Leptospirosis Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals. It is caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira. In humans it causes a wide range of symptoms, and some infected persons may have no symptoms at all. Symptoms of leptospirosis include high fever, severe headache, chills, muscle aches, and vomiting, and may include jaundice (yellow skin and eyes), red eyes, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or a rash. If the disease is not treated, the patient could develop kidney damage, meningitis (inflammation of the membrane around the brain and spinal cord), liver failure, and respiratory distress.

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8 Responses to “Nursing Care Plan – Leptospirosis”
  1. tintin says:
    February 8, 2011 at 3:02 am

    wew! ang galing! advantage talaga sa mga nursing students. .

    it can help a lot!

    but don't rely on this site,especially in doing ur ncp's.

    baka icopy paste nio lng.:)

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  2. shyshy says:
    January 27, 2010 at 3:53 am

    galing galing nitong website na to !!!it helped me a lot

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  3. Eliane says:
    May 27, 2009 at 4:35 am

    gostaria de saber sobre modelos experimentais de patologias

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  4. FinMrPrz says:
    March 7, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    The beat site for Student Nurses and RNs

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  5. joy says:
    January 9, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    this website is truly great..hey nursing students, this website can help you a lot, especially those who are going to take the nursing board exam. I’m sure you’ll enjoy surfing this website..

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  6. amaranthRN says:
    November 12, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    this site is great! i hope nursing students wont cheat on this. be serious on ur studies bka dito kayo kumu-copya nga NCP ha.. joke!

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    • amaranthNu09 says:
      August 11, 2009 at 3:33 pm

      I agree with amaranthRN. Nursing students should not just rely and copy NCPs posted here. Mas magaling pa tayo gumawa ng NCP dyan. HAHAHA. Joke

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