Communicable diseases can be separated into its own category, but is often included in Community Health Nursing and some parts of Medical-Surgical Nursing. Specifically for the PNLE, communicable diseases are often limited to endemic diseases and other diseases prevalent within the Philippines. It’s always been a blind spot of mine, so I haven’t made many notes on these, but I’ll work on it. Right now the list of topics is missing content on the basic principles of communicable diseases—those will be added later on.
Ratings?
Ratings are based on a very limited sample size of lecturers (four!) who have rated a topic’s relevance to the board exam from the options “Low Priority” (1), “Nice to Know” (3), and “Must Know” (5). I’ll keep asking around for more input from reviewers!
| Chapter | Topic | Rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diseases Affecting the Central Nervous System | Encephalitis | 3.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Central Nervous System | Meningitis | 5.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Central Nervous System | Acute meningococcemia | 5.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Central Nervous System | Poliomyelitis | 4.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Central Nervous System | Rabies | 5.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Central Nervous System | Tetanus | 5.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome | 3.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome | 3.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System | Diphtheria | 5.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System | Influenza | 4.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System | Avian Influenza | 4.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System | Pertussis | 5.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System | Pneumonia | 5.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System | Tuberculosis | 5.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System | COVID-19 | 5.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract | Amoebiasis | 2.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract | Bacillary Dysentery | 3.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract | Botulism | 2.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract | Cholera | 4.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract | Helminths | 3.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract | Hepatitis A, E | 4.0 | |
| Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract | Typhoid Fever | 3.0 | |
| Eruptive Fever Diseases | Chickenpox | 5.0 | |
| Eruptive Fever Diseases | Herpes Zoster | 5.0 | |
| Eruptive Fever Diseases | Rubella | 5.0 | |
| Eruptive Fever Diseases | Measles | 5.0 | |
| Eruptive Fever Diseases | Viral Exanthem | 3.0 | |
| Vector-borne Diseases | Chikungunya Virus Disease | 3.0 | |
| Vector-borne Diseases | Dengue Fever | 5.0 | |
| Vector-borne Diseases | Lymphatic Filariasis | 4.0 | |
| Vector-borne Diseases | Malaria | 5.0 | |
| Vector-borne Diseases | Zika Virus Disease | 3.0 | |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | 5.0 | |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Hepatitis B, C | 5.0 | |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Herpes Simplex | 5.0 | |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Chancroid | 2.0 | |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Chlamydial Infections | 4.0 | |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Candidiasis | 4.0 | |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Gonorrhea | 4.0 | |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Syphilis | 4.0 | |
| Fungal Infections | Tinea Flava/Tinea Versicolor | 2.0 | |
| Fungal Infections | Tinea barbae | 2.0 | |
| Fungal Infections | Tinea Corporis | 3.0 | |
| Fungal Infections | Tinea Pedis | 3.0 | |
| Fungal Infections | Onychomycosis | 2.0 | |
| Other Communicable and Infectious Diseases | Leprosy | 5.0 | |
| Other Communicable and Infectious Diseases | Leptospirosis | 5.0 | |
| Other Communicable and Infectious Diseases | Mumps | 4.0 | |
| Other Communicable and Infectious Diseases | Pediculosis | 3.0 | |
| Other Communicable and Infectious Diseases | Scabies | 4.0 | |
| Other Communicable and Infectious Diseases | Red Tide | 3.0 |