TransfermaticNURS at Pasadena City College

    NURS 052A - INTERMEDIATE MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING

    Recent Professors
    Esmeralda Arias, Dayanna Murphy-Gonzalez, Dayanna Hernandez, Churairat Mittongtare
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    30–42 students
    Difficulty
    4.5Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    2
    Prerequisite
    (1) NURS 051A , 051L , 051S , 040 , 040L , 041 , and 041L , or (2) NURS 210 and acceptance into the career ladder LVN to RN program
    Spring 2027 Sections
    View Spring 2027 sections of NURS 052A
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    Intermediate medical surgical nursing theory and concepts to promote and maintain safe, developmentally appropriate, outcome-focused health care for culturally diverse adult and geriatric medical surgical patients. Integrate professional nursing roles of clinician, teacher, leader, and advocate while demonstrating critical thinking and nursing process in the care of patient response to physiological and psychosocial health conditions of adult and geriatric patients. Total of 36 hours lecture.
    Usually Held
    Mon 10:45am–2:05pm, Mon 8:00am–11:05am, Thu 8:00am–11:20am