NURSING 465AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
Nursing · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Examination of nursing assessment and management of common health problems of adults. Theory content in basic assessment, health history, and diagnostic reasoning for selected health problems, with emphasis on social, cultural, and developmental influences. Integration of basic knowledge of pathophysiology, stress and adaptation, adult development theory, therapeutic interventions, and communication concepts as applied to care of medical and surgical patients and their families across adult lifespan. Introduction to concept of nurses as bedside scientists, with emphasis on critical and contextual thinking skills and diagnostic reasoning. Nursing process, ethical principles, clinical research, evidence-based practice, and clinical thinking that maximize patient safety and quality care employed during clinical experiences.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
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 174A, 230A, 250, 254A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 465A
- NURSING 230AAdvanced Pathophysiology I
- NURSING 3Human Physiology for Health-Care Providers
- NURSING 13Introduction to Human Anatomy
- NURSING 250Ethical Issues, Social Justice, and History of Nursing
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 4 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 465A
- NURSING 268Leadership in Health Care Systems
- NURSING 267Health Care Policy
- 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
- NURSING 467Clinical Internship: Integration
6 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 18 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.