NURSING 465BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
Nursing · 6 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Pathophysiological and psychosocial aspects of assessment and management for selected acute and emergent problems of adult patients with complex illness including multifaceted assessment, health history, and diagnostic reasoning skills, and emphasis on social, cultural, and developmental influences. Integration of knowledge of pathophysiology, diagnostics, pharmacology, therapeutic interventions, patient safety, evidence-based practice, and communication concepts as applied to care of medical-surgical patients. Supervised practicum experience within settings of multidisciplinary teams directing care of medical-surgical clinical units, with focus on clinical interpretation of assessment and diagnostic data for purpose of planning, implementing, and evaluating course of care for patients, both as individuals and cohorts.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 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 225A, 230A, 230B, 252A, 252B, 254B, 465A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.70 · from text- · "NURSING 252A" is not in this catalog version
- · "NURSING 252B" is not in this catalog version
- · "NURSING 254B" is not in this catalog version
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 465B
- NURSING 225AAdvanced Pharmacology I
- NURSING 230AAdvanced Pathophysiology I
- NURSING 3Human Physiology for Health-Care Providers
- NURSING 13Introduction to Human Anatomy
- NURSING 230BAdvanced Pathophysiology II
- NURSING 465AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 250Ethical Issues, Social Justice, and History of Nursing
4 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 9 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 465B
- NURSING 268Leadership in Health Care Systems
- NURSING 267Health Care Policy
- NURSING 461Mental Health Nursing
- NURSING 462Maternity Nursing
- NURSING 464Pediatric 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 — 12 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.