NURSING 54APathophysiology I
Nursing · 3 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Designed to provide students with basic understanding of pathophysiological changes that occur within internal environment of individual. Concepts underlying pathologic changes across all body systems are presented. Understanding these alterations is basic to providing quality nursing care. System variations across lifespan are addressed.
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 3, 13 taken within past three years.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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- 13 taken within past three years
- · could not read "13 taken within past three years" (no course number found)
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 54A
- NURSING 3Human Physiology for Health-Care Providers
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
NURSING 54A
- NURSING 54BPathophysiology II
- 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 II
- NURSING 162AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
- NURSING 160Secondary Prevention
- NURSING 164Maternity Nursing
- 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 Families
- NURSING 161Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
- NURSING 162CTertiary Prevention and Care of Complex Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 165Pediatric Nursing
- NURSING 163Nursing Care of Geriatric Patients and Families
- NURSING 168Advanced Leadership and Role Integration
- NURSING 169Clinical Internship: Integration
- NURSING 171Public Health Nursing
4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 23 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.