HOC 023A - Beg. Medical-Surgical Nursing Theory

    Recent Professors
    Alicia Cruz, Tess Johnsen, Hongngoc Nguyen
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    30 students
    Credits
    2.5
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course focuses on beginning level nursing care and interventions for patients with diseases or disorders of particular body systems. The nursing process is used as a critical thinking tool in understanding diagnostics, assessing manifestations experienced by the patient, identifying and implementing evidence-based nursing interventions, and evaluating outcomes. Students identify the role of vocational nurses in collaborating with other health team members and planning therapeutic management of patients with conditions affecting the musculoskeletal, neurological, neurosensory and reproductive systems. Includes six hours of related pharmacology content.
    Usually Held
    Mon 9:30am–12:15pm, Mon 9:35am–12:15pm