# Nursing (NURS) courses

Merritt College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 12 courses

Source: https://mc.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/48441/48769/49120/49121/49143

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### NURS 1 — Fundamentals in Nursing

- **Units:** 7
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 12 hours lab
- **Corequisite:** NURS 011, NURS 012, NURS 014 and NURS 020.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 6 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md)
- Other: Admission requirements: (BIOL 2 and BIOL 4) or (BIOL 20A and BIOL 20B), BIOL 3, (ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E), and all general education courses.

Fundamental nursing concepts and practices: Development of care and diagnostic skills; emerging trends in the promotion and conservation of health for individuals, families, and communities; and history of health care and changing concepts of health and illness. Application of concepts from the Neuman Systems Model, Roy Adaptation Model, and Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring to underscore the importance of caring and humanistic values in nursing practice.

### NURS 3A — Maternity Nursing

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 6 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** NURS 001, NURS 011, NURS 012, NURS 014 and NURS 020.
- **Corequisite:** NURS 003B and NURS 013.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Theory and guided practice of comprehensive care for child-bearing families in a maternity setting: Integration of Watson’s Theory of Human Caring, Neuman’s Systems Model, and Roy’s Adaptation Model in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of safe, competent, comprehensive, culturally-competent nursing care.

### NURS 3B — Pediatric Nursing

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 6 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** NURS 001, NURS 011, NURS 012, NURS 014 and NURS 020.
- **Corequisite:** NURS 003A and NURS 013.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Nursing care of infants, children, and adolescents: Growth and development, health promotion, illness prevention, and family-centered care. Application of the nursing process and clinical judgment in the care of pediatric patients experiencing common acute and chronic health conditions in acute and community healthcare settings based on the Neuman Systems Model, Roy Adaptation Model, and Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring.

### NURS 4A — Intermediate Medical-Surgical Nursing

- **Units:** 7
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 12 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** NURS 001, NURS 003A, NURS 003B, NURS 011, NURS 012, NURS 013, NURS 014 and NURS 020.
- **Corequisite:** NURS 004B.
- **C-ID:** n/a
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Theory and guided practice of collaborating with nursing and health team members to deliver competent care to adults in a medical, surgical and geriatric clinical setting: Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for adult patients facing increasingly complex physical, emotional, social, and cultural challenges based on the Neuman Systems Model, Roy Adaptation Model, and Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring.

### NURS 4B — Psychiatric Nursing

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 6 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** NURS 001, NURS 003A, NURS 003B, NURS 011, NURS 012, NURS 013, NURS 014 and NURS 020.
- **Corequisite:** NURS 004A.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Theory and guided practice of psychiatric care: Planning, implementing, and evaluating care of patients with increasingly complex levels of physical, social and emotional disruption based on the Neuman Systems Model, Roy Adaptation Model, and Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring.

### NURS 5 — Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing

- **Units:** 7
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 12 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** NURS 001, NURS 003A, NURS 003B, NURS 004A, NURS 004B, NURS 011, NURS 012, NURS 013, NURS 014 and NURS 020.
- **Corequisite:** NURS 010.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Introduction to advanced medical-surgical nursing: Clinical practices for critically ill patients, study of illness and patient care management, and development of leadership skills applicable to clinical settings based on the Neuman Systems Model, Roy Adaptation Model, and Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring.

### NURS 10 — Leadership and Transition to Nursing Practice

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** NURS 001, NURS 003A, NURS 003B, NURS 004A, NURS 004B, NURS 011, NURS 012, NURS 013, NURS 014 and NURS 020.
- **Corequisite:** NURS 005.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Leadership and management styles in healthcare delivery systems: Theoretical principles of leadership behavior and management skills; organizational structure, resource management, collaboration, team building, delegation, and conflict resolution; and transition to practice to complete program of study.

### NURS 11 — Professional and Theoretical Concepts

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture
- **Corequisite:** NURS 001, NURS 012, NURS 014 and NURS 020.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md)
- Other: Admission requirements: (BIOL 2 and BIOL 4) or (BIOL 20A and BIOL 20B), BIOL 3, (ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E), and all general education courses.

Professional and theoretical concepts of nursing: Legal and ethical aspects, theories that shape the profession of nursing, and the numerous issues that confront nurses daily in their practice based on the Neuman Systems Model, Roy Adaptation Model, and Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring.

### NURS 12 — Dosage Calculation

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture
- **Corequisite:** NURS 001 , NURS 011 , NURS 014 and NURS 020 .
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md)
- Other: Admission requirements: (BIOL 2 and BIOL 4) or (BIOL 20A and BIOL 20B), BIOL 3, (ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E), and all general education courses.

Calculation of prescribed medication and fluids: Systems of measurement and medical abbreviations in the preparation and administration of medications; mathematical skills in the calculation of medication dosages and fluid replacement.

### NURS 13 — Pharmacology in Nursing

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** NURS 001, NURS 011, NURS 012, NURS 014 and NURS 020.
- **Corequisite:** NURS 003A and NURS 003B.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs: General pathophysiology of diseases; drug classifications, therapeutic uses, and dosages; indications and usage of medications; drug side effects, adverse reactions, and toxicity.

### NURS 14 — Nutrition in Nursing

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture
- **Corequisite:** NURS 001 , NURS 011 , NURS 012 and NURS 020 .
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md)
- Other: Admission requirements: (BIOL 2 and BIOL 4) or (BIOL 20A and BIOL 20B), BIOL 3, (ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E), and all general education courses.

Basic principles of nutrition science, human growth and development needs, community nutrition, and clinical nutrition: Knowledge for provision of a healthy nutritional status within parameters and cultural context of individual patient and family needs.

### NURS 20 — Critical Thinking in Nursing

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture
- **Corequisite:** NURS 001, NURS 011, NURS 012 and NURS 014.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md)
- Other: Admission requirements: (BIOL 2 and BIOL 4) or (BIOL 20A and BIOL 20B), BIOL 3, (ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E), and all general education courses.

Assessment, implementation and evaluation of clinical data: Observation and assessment of presenting situations; identification of client concerns and analysis of cues; analysis of information from different sources (e.g., medical history, vital signs); evaluation and prioritization of hypotheses; definition of a set of interventions; generation and implementation of evidence-based solutions; and evaluation of outcomes.