NURSING 171

Public Health Nursing

Nursing · 6 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Theoretical content focuses on population-based approach to public health nursing in relation to health promotion and disease prevention at level of individuals, families, communities, and systems. Clinical practicum concentrates on population-based public health nursing in culturally diverse settings including health departments, health policy institutions, and public service agencies. Clinical practicum activities include health promotion and disease prevention at level of communities, populations, and systems, both domestically and globally.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Spring 2026
Winter 2027
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

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Requisites: courses 161, 162C, 163, 164, 165.

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NURSING 171

NURSING 161Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
- NURSING 160Secondary Prevention
  - NURSING 150AFundamentals of Professional Nursing I2 more beneath
  - NURSING 150BFundamentals of Professional Nursing II1 more beneath
  - NURSING 152AHealth Promotion: Growth and Development in Culturally Diverse Populations

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