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NURSING 3Human Physiology for Health-Care Providers

Nursing · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Basic understanding of human physiological processes, with emphasis on applications to patient evaluation and care. Concepts underlying normal function and how alterations in these normal functions can affect body systems. Knowledge and understanding of these normal human processes is basic to providing quality nursing care. Examination of system variations across lifespan.

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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 3

  • NURSING 54APathophysiology I
    • NURSING 54BPathophysiology II
      • NURSING 115Pharmacology and Therapeuticsanother path to it
      • NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
    • NURSING 115Pharmacology and Therapeutics
      • NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
    • NURSING 150AFundamentals of Professional Nursing I
      • NURSING 150BFundamentals of Professional Nursing IIanother path to it
      • NURSING 160Secondary Preventionanother path to it
      • NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
    • NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
      • NURSING 162BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families3 more beyond
      • NURSING 163Nursing Care of Geriatric Patients and Families3 more beyond
  • NURSING 174Physical Assessment
    • NURSING 150BFundamentals of Professional Nursing II
      • NURSING 160Secondary Prevention3 more beyond
      • NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
  • NURSING 230AAdvanced Pathophysiology I
    • NURSING 230BAdvanced Pathophysiology II
      • NURSING 465BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
    • NURSING 465AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
      • NURSING 268Leadership in Health Care Systems1 more beyond
      • NURSING 462Maternity Nursing
      • NURSING 463Nursing Care of Geriatric Patients and Families
      • NURSING 464Pediatric Nursing
      • NURSING 465BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
      • NURSING 467Clinical Internship: Integration
    • NURSING 465BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
      • NURSING 268Leadership in Health Care Systemsanother path to it
      • NURSING 461Mental Health Nursing
      • NURSING 462Maternity Nursinganother path to it
      • NURSING 464Pediatric Nursinganother path to it
      • NURSING 465CTertiary Prevention and Care of Complex Medical-Surgical Patients and Families

3 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 33 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Winter 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Winter 2027

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