Purulent meningitis was a deadly meningitis before the invention of antibiotics. It is caused by various bacteria that are detected in the patient's blood or cerebrospinal fluid. Blood is sampled in specific sterile sets with substrates, ie. broths. The procedure is called blood culture. Even before the causative agent is isolated, antimicrobial treatment is approached, but suppurative treatment is often required. The cerebrospinal fluid is obtained by a lumbar puncture performed by a physician under aseptic conditions. The task of the nurse is to deliver the sample in a timely manner to a nearby laboratory with the necessary medical documentation. Patients are treated in intensive care units, and the recovery itself takes a long time because the disease causes neurological outbursts. The incidence of meningococcal disease is 0.5-5 / 10,000 inhabitants, and the disease occurs more frequently in the spring in temperate climates. The health care of a patient with purulent meningitis is specific because at the very beginning the nurse should strictly take care of hand hygiene, possible isolation of the patient, and later work with the patient's family because the recovery is long. Nursing diagnoses that often occur in patients with purulent meningitis are: hyperthermia, pain, anxiety, and a high risk of hyperthermia. Purulent meningitis and its complications, and especially meningococcal sepsis, represent a life-threatening condition that should be responded to as quickly as possible with adequate care and treatment, but also prophylactically protect all persons who have come into contact with the patient in any way. The described nursing care allows patients and their family members to patiently go through the rehabilitation process and learn certain patterns of behavior in case of permanent damage to the patient. In order for nursing care to be as effective as possible, the nurse must consider all patterns of health functioning, and for the area where the problem occurs, develop a specific health care plan.