NURSING 503A - Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing

    Recent Professors
    Juan Lopez, Lorna Thompson, Nekpen Isibor, LASC STAFF
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    4.5
    Prerequisite
    Nursing 502B
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of NURSING 503A
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course focuses on advanced concepts of nursing care as they relate to patients across the lifespan with complex, multisystem alterations in health. Emphasis is placed on implementing time management and organizational skills while managing the care of patients with multiple needs and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. Complex clinical skills, as well as priority setting, clinical judgment, and tenets of legal and ethical practice, are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe care to patients and selected groups in a variety of settings.
    Usually Held
    Mon 4:00pm–8:15pm, Tue Thu 11:00am–8:20pm, Tue Thu 11:00am–7:50pm, Wed Thu 7:00am–3:50pm