NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
Nursing · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Examination of nursing assessment and management of common health problems that adults experience. Theory content in basic assessment, health history, and diagnostic reasoning for selected health problems, with emphasis on social, cultural, and developmental influences. Integration of basic knowledge of pathophysiology, stress and adaptation, adult development theory, therapeutic interventions, and communication concepts as applied to care of medical and surgical clients and their families. Introduction to concept of nurses as bedside scientists, with emphasis on critical and contextual thinking skills and diagnostic reasoning. Nursing process, ethical principles, clinical research, evidence-based practice, and clinical thinking that maximize patient safety and quality care used during clinical experiences.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
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 54A, 54B, 150A. Corequisites: courses 115, 150B.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textBruinTree reads · Corequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 162A
- NURSING 54APathophysiology I
- NURSING 3Human Physiology for Health-Care Providers
- NURSING 54BPathophysiology II
- NURSING 115Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- NURSING 150AFundamentals of Professional Nursing I
- NURSING 10Introduction to Nursing and Social Justice I
- NURSING 20Introduction to Nursing and Social Justice II
- NURSING 150BFundamentals of Professional Nursing II
- NURSING 152AHealth Promotion: Growth and Development in Culturally Diverse Populations
- NURSING 152BHealth Promotion: Nutrition in Culturally Diverse Populations
- NURSING 174Physical Assessment
- NURSING 13Introduction to Human Anatomy
5 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 19 courses over 3 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 162A
- NURSING 162BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 161Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
- NURSING 162CTertiary Prevention and Care of Complex Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 165Pediatric Nursing
- NURSING 163Nursing Care of Geriatric Patients and Families
- NURSING 168Advanced Leadership and Role Integration
- NURSING 169Clinical Internship: Integration
- NURSING 171Public Health Nursing
2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 17 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.