NURSING 238AAssessment and Management in Pediatric Primary Care I
Nursing · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
First in two-course sequence for the acute care and primary care pediatric nurse practitioner student focusing on pathophysiology of specific disease processes, pharmacologic knowledge, clinical decision-making, and treatment modalities in managing primary health conditions in infants, children, adolescents, and their families. Integration of cultural sensitivity, child development, family support, ethical issues into select common pediatric conditions. Lectures and other learning activities demonstrate the application and evaluation of evidence-based practice and clinical guidelines in the pediatric population.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- 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 200, 440PE.
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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 238A
- NURSING 200Health Promotion and Assessment across Lifespan
- NURSING 175Physical Assessment for Advanced Practice
- NURSING 440PEAdvanced Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis Practicum: Pediatrics
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 3 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 238A
- NURSING 237AAssessment and Management in Pediatric Acute Care I
- NURSING 237BAssessment and Management in Pediatric Acute Care II
- NURSING 437BAcute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II
- NURSING 437CAcute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum III
- 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
4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 20 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.