NURSING 237AAssessment and Management in Pediatric Acute Care I
Nursing · 3 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
First course in a two-course sequence, designed for the acute care pediatric nurse practitioner student and for primary care students. Focus on pathophysiology of specific disease processes, pharmacologic knowledge, clinical decision-making, and treatment modalities in managing complex acute and critical health conditions in infants, children, and adolescents and their families. Cultural sensitivity, child development, family support, ethical issues, palliative care, and end of life care are integrated into select acute and chronic conditions. Lectures and other learning activities demonstrate the application and evaluation of evidence-based research and clinical guidelines related to the pediatric population.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
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 238A, 238B. Corequisite: course 437A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from UCLA’s structured dataBruinTree reads · Corequisite
confidence 1.00 · from UCLA’s structured dataRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 237A
- NURSING 238AAssessment and Management in Pediatric Primary Care I
- NURSING 200Health Promotion and Assessment across Lifespan
- NURSING 175Physical Assessment for Advanced Practice
- NURSING 440PEAdvanced Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis Practicum: Pediatrics
- NURSING 238BAssessment and Management in Pediatric Chronic Care
- NURSING 438BPrimary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II
- NURSING 437AAcute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I
- NURSING 438APediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 15 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 237A
- NURSING 237BAssessment and Management in Pediatric Acute Care II
- NURSING 437AAcute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I
- NURSING 437BAcute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II
- NURSING 437CAcute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum III
4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 11 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.