NURSING 162BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
Nursing · 6 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Pathophysiological and psychosocial aspects of assessment and management for selected acute and emergent problems of adult patients with complex illness, including multifaceted assessment, health history, and diagnostic reasoning skills, and emphasis on social, cultural, and developmental influences. Integration of knowledge of pathophysiology, diagnostics, pharmacology, therapeutic interventions, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and communication concepts as applied to care of medical and surgical patients. Supervised practicum experience within settings of multidisciplinary teams directing care of medical-surgical clinical units, with focus on clinical interpretation of assessment and diagnostic data for purpose of planning, implementing, and evaluating course of care for patients, both as individuals and cohorts. Intermediate-level assessment, health maintenance, and management of symptoms across lifespan.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 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
Requisite: course 162A.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 162B
- NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- 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
1 direct requisite. Showing 17 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
NURSING 162B
- NURSING 161Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
- NURSING 168Advanced Leadership and Role Integration
- NURSING 169Clinical Internship: Integration
- NURSING 171Public Health Nursing
- NURSING 162CTertiary Prevention and Care of Complex Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 165Pediatric Nursing
3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 12 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.