NURSING 150AFundamentals of Professional Nursing I
Nursing · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Focuses on theoretical foundations of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention as they relate to nursing care management in acute care settings for Nursing BS students. Emphasis is on application of relevant theories to Nursing BS practice roles in health care systems through case study examples, with focus on application to clinical practice settings that include culturally diverse populations. Concepts of communication, nursing process as clinical decision-making strategy, and critical thinking skills are introduced as essential to practice of professional nursing. Learning experiences in nursing skills laboratory and in clinical settings are integral components. Introduction to mathematics calculations and terminology used in clinical setting.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 10, 20, 54A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 150A
- NURSING 10Introduction to Nursing and Social Justice I
- NURSING 20Introduction to Nursing and Social Justice II
- NURSING 54APathophysiology I
- NURSING 3Human Physiology for Health-Care Providers
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 5 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
NURSING 150A
- NURSING 150BFundamentals of Professional Nursing II
- NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
- NURSING 160Secondary Prevention
- NURSING 161Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
- NURSING 168Advanced Leadership and Role Integration
- NURSING 169Clinical Internship: Integration
- NURSING 171Public Health Nursing
- NURSING 164Maternity Nursing
- NURSING 165Pediatric Nursing
- NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 162BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 162CTertiary Prevention and Care of Complex Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 163Nursing Care of Geriatric Patients and Families
3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 25 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.