NURSING 250Ethical Issues, Social Justice, and History of Nursing
Nursing · 5 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Interplay of social, economic, cultural, legal, and political forces in the U.S. form background for study of ethical issues related to role of nurses as advocates for social justice and safe, effective, high-quality patient-centered care in contemporary society today. Analysis situated within context of history of nursing, with emphasis on human rights, civil rights, and patient rights. Discussion of evolution of professional nursing within healthcare arenas in relation to ethical principles, cultural competence, evidence-based practice, and human diversity.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
NURSING 250
- NURSING 268Leadership in Health Care Systems
- NURSING 267Health Care Policy
- NURSING 467Clinical Internship: Integration
- NURSING 465AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 462Maternity Nursing
- NURSING 463Nursing Care of Geriatric Patients and Families
- NURSING 464Pediatric Nursing
- NURSING 465BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 461Mental Health Nursing
- NURSING 465CTertiary Prevention and Care of Complex Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 18 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.