# Nursing (NURS) courses Yuba College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 26 courses Source: https://yc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Yuba-College-Catalog-26.pdf#page=149 "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### NURS-1 — Fundamentals of Medical Surgical - **Units:** 9 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours, 270 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-26; NURS-36 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Entrance Requirement(s): Formal admission to the Yuba College Nursing program. Fundamentals of Medical Surgical Nursing introduces the foundational concepts, knowledge and skills essential to the practice of professional nursing. This course provides an introduction for the first semester nursing student to concepts and practices as they relate to the non-critical young adult through geriatric adult in the medical surgical (and/or skilled care) environment. Through utilization of the nursing process, the student will begin to recognize alterations in physiological functioning and formulate age and acuity appropriate nursing interventions. Selected psychomotor skills associated with meeting the basic needs, medication administration, physical assessment, and sterile techniques will be studied and practiced. (L,M) ### NURS-2 — Introduction Medical Surgical Nursing - **Units:** 7 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours, 162 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-1 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule This course focuses on nursing concepts and safe nursing care of selected clients in selected systems under study. Further emphasis of learning is upon the surgical patient, the patient with wounds, and the patient who is in pain. (L,M,C) ### NURS-3 — Intermediate Medical Surgical Nursing - **Units:** 5 - **Hours:** 36 lecture hours, 162 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-2 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule This course is designed to provide learning opportunities for in-depth application of the nursing process to the health needs of a selection of acutely ill patients and simulated acutely ill patients. Emphasis is on the application of biophysical and psychosocial knowledge to meet the health care needs of the adult with acute and chronic disorders in selected body systems. (L,M,C) ### NURS-4 — Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing - **Units:** 6.5 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 189 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-3 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) The course introduces concepts related to patients with hematologic, immunologic, burns, infective, and cancerous processes and diseases. The topics of Leadership and Management, Delegation, Quality and Safety, Time Management, Conflict Resolution, Organization Structure and Change, Legal and Ethical issues, and Role Transition are content focuses. The scope of practice of the registered nurse as defined by the California Business and Professions Code is discussed along with an outlook on the future of nursing and nursing practice. ### NURS-11A — Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts - **Units:** 9 - **Hours:** 90 lecture hours, 216 lab hours - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) - Entrance Requirement(s): Acceptance into the Yuba College Registered Nursing Program. This course introduces nursing concepts and roles of the registered nurse in various health care settings. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe, quality care. The theoretical foundation for basic assessment and nursing skills is presented, and the beginning student is given an opportunity to demonstrate these skills in selected settings. An introduction to the nursing process provides a decision-making framework to assist students in developing effective clinical judgment skills. ### NURS-11B — Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) - Entrance Requirement(s): Acceptance into the Yuba College Registered Nursing Program. The purpose of this course is to examine pharmacotherapeutic agents used in the treatment of illness and the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of wellness in diverse individuals. It focuses on drug classification, concepts, and principles of pharmacology, with special consideration for the nursing role in developing a comprehensive approach to the clinical application of drug therapy using the nursing process. Nursing implications relative to the utilization of drug therapy and safe medication administration are examined. Safety and legal implications of drug administration are discussed. ### NURS-12A — Adult Health I - **Units:** 8 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours, 216 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-11A; NURS-11B - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) - Entrance Requirement(s): Acceptance into the Yuba College Registered Nursing Program. This course focuses on the care of adult clients with health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Concepts of client-centered care, cultural sensitivity, informatics, safe practice, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the advanced beginner student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe client care to adults in a variety of settings. ### NURS-12B — Nursing Care of Childbearing Families - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 36 lecture hours, 108 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-11A; NURS-11B - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) - Entrance Requirement(s): Acceptance into the Yuba College Registered Nursing Program. This course provides an integrative, family-centered approach to the care of childbearing individuals and newborns. Emphasis is placed on normal and high-risk pregnancies, normal growth and development, family dynamics, and the promotion of healthy behaviors in clients. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe client care to childbearing individuals and newborns in selected settings. ### NURS-12C — LVN-RN Bridge Course - **Units:** 5 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours, 54 lab hours - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) - Entrance Requirement(s): Currently licensed as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. This course is designed for the California Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) the emphasis is placed on health assessment across the lifespan, family communication, patient education, teamwork and collaboration, role transition, clinical judgment, and management of care. The course introduces nursing concepts and roles of the registered nurse in various health care settings. Content builds upon the fundamentals, medical-surgical, obstetrical and pediatric nursing content the student received in their vocational nursing program. Classroom and simulation experiences will provide students with the opportunity to utilize critical thinking skills, while providing nursing care for patients from a variety of diverse backgrounds. ### NURS-13A — Adult Health II - **Units:** 8 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours, 216 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-11A; NURS-11B; NURS-12A; NURS-12B - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) - Entrance Requirement(s): Acceptance into the Yuba College Registered Nursing Program. Building on Adult Health I, this course focuses on the care of adult clients with more advanced health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Concepts of client-centered care, cultural sensitivity, informatics, safe practice, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the intermediate student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe client care to more acutely ill adults in a variety of settings. ### NURS-13B — Pediatrics - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 36 lecture hours, 108 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-11A; NURS-11B; NURS-12A; NURS-12B - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) - Entrance Requirement(s): Acceptance into the Yuba College Registered Nursing Program. This course emphasizes the care of the children with a family-centered approach. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development, family dynamics, common pediatric disorders, and the promotion of safety, developmental aspects, and unique needs of the pediatric client. Clinical experiences provide the student the opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe client care to children in selected settings. ### NURS-13C — 30 unit option LVN-RN Bridge Course - **Units:** 10 - **Hours:** 108 lecture hours, 216 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** BIOL-5; BIOL-6 - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Entrance Requirement(s): Possession of a current clear and active California Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) license at the time of application and throughout program completion and Acceptance into the LVN to RN Only (30 unit option) track and completion of BIOL-5 and BIOL-6. This course is designed for the California Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) seeking placement in the LVN To RN Only (30-Unit Option) CA. Emphasis is placed on health assessment across the lifespan, family communication, patient education, teamwork and collaboration, role transition, clinical judgment, and management of care for medical-surgical adult, obstetric, and pediatric patients. Classroom, simulation, and clinical experiences will provide students with the opportunity to utilize critical thinking skills, while providing nursing care for patients from a variety of diverse backgrounds. ### NURS-14A — Adult Health III with Leadership - **Units:** 6.5 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 189 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-11A; NURS-11B; NURS-12A; NURS-12B; NURS-13A; NURS-13B - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Entrance Requirement(s): Acceptance into the Yuba College Registered Nursing Program. This course focuses on advanced concepts of nursing care as they relate to clients across the lifespan with complex, multisystem alterations in health. Emphasis is placed on implementing time management and organizational skills, while managing the care of clients 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 advanced student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe care to clients and selected groups in a variety of settings. This course facilitates the transition of the advanced student to the role of a professional nurse. Emphasis is placed on contemproary issues and leadership and management concepts, including delegation and conflict mnagement. Legal and ethical issues are discussed, with a focus on personal accountability and responsibility. Standards of practice and the significance of functioning according to state regulations and statutes are analyzed. ### NURS-14B — Integrated Nursing Concepts: NCLEX-RN Readiness - **Units:** 1.5 - **Hours:** 27 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-14A - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Entrance Requirement(s): Acceptance into the Yuba College Registered Nursing Program. This capstone course provides a comprehensive, curriculum-aligned review of essential nursing concepts to prepare students for success on the NCLEX-RN licensure examination. By the end of the course, students will synthesize and apply nursing knowledge from all semesters of the program, strengthen clinical reasoning, and develop individualized study and testing plans. Grades are P/NP Only. ### NURS-14C — Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 36 lecture hours, 108 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-11A; NURS-11B; NURS-12A; NURS-12B; NURS-13A; NURS-13B - **Advisory:** Students need basic keyboarding and computer literacy. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Entrance Requirement(s): Acceptance into the Yuba College Registered Nursing Program. This course focuses on care of clients across the lifespan experiencing cognitive, mental and behavioral disorders. Emphasis is placed on management of the clients facing emotional and psychological stressors, as well as promoting and maintaining the mental health of individuals and families. Clinical experiences provide the student opportunities to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe care in select settings. ### NURS-18 — Comprehensive Review for The NCLEX RN Examination - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-3 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) Comprehensive review and test taking strategies for the Registered Nurse (RN) Student in Nursing Science, Pharmacology, and Nursing content area’s related to the RN NCLEX Examination. (L) Grades are P/NP Only. ### NURS-21 — Pediatric Nursing - **Units:** 3.5 - **Hours:** 27 lecture hours, 108 lab hours - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule This pediatric course focuses on registered nurses’ care from infancy through adolescence. Health problems are studied in the acute and community care setting. Education of the pediatric client and their family on health promotion, growth and development, disease prevention, and safety issues are addressed. Ethical and legal issues are discussed. The impact of diverse cultural and spiritual beliefs on health care decisions are explored. (L,M,C) ### NURS-22 — Obstetrical Nursing - **Units:** 3.5 - **Hours:** 27 lecture hours, 108 lab hours - **Prerequisite:** NURS-1 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule This course focuses on integration and application of the nursing process as it relates to the provision of culturally sensitive nursing care to the childbearing family during pregnancy, birth, the postpartum period, and care of the newborn. Content will also include women’s health across the lifespan, including preventative care and diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic disorders. Application of concepts, theory, and clinical skills is provided by selected patient care experiences in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings. Computer literacy skills are recommended. (L,M,C) ### NURS-26 — Pharmacology - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Advisory:** BIOL-4 and BIOL-5 recommended. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) Basic principles of pharmacology with focus on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and related therapeutic implication for major drug categories. This course may be taken by nursing and non-nursing students. (L,M) ### NURS-33 — Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 36 lecture hours, 108 lab hours - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) Eclectic approach to psychiatric and mental health nursing including psychodynamics of human behavior, group dynamic, therapeutic communication and psychopharmacology, with an emphasis on concepts and principles as applied to self and individuals in therapy. The clinical nursing experience involves the application of nursing process, meeting the mental health and psychosocial needs as well as physiological health needs of individuals throughout the life span during one to one interactions with clients, participating in group process, staff conferences and various treatment modalities. (L,M) ### NURS-36 — Pathophysiology: Understanding Disease - **Units:** 4 - **Hours:** 72 lecture hours - **Prerequisite:** BIOL-4; BIOL-5 - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) The study of disease pathology in the human body with a focus on the study of abnormal physiological function of body systems at the cellular level. Correlation to disease etiology and biological and physical manifestations produced by abnormal physiology. Core course content for NURS 1 through NURS 4B, nursing courses. The content of this course is content required for licensure with the California Board of Registered Nursing. Course is required to be completed prior to formal admission to the Yuba College Nursing Program. (L,C) ### NURS-37 — LVN to RN Bridge Course - **Units:** 2 - **Hours:** 27 lecture hours, 27 lab hours - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule The bridge course is designed to prepare the Licensed Vocational Nurse to enter the 3rd semester of the ADN Program and to facilitate transition from the LVN to RN role. ### NURS-51 — Medical Terminology - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/nurs.md) Intended to assist those studying in the fields of medicine and health care by learning a word-building system for defining, using, spelling and pronouncing medical words. Course is designed for those preparing for a health career such as nursing, medical secretary, ward secretary, emergency medical technician, medical technologist, respiratory therapist, or other fields that require a medical vocabulary. (C) ### NURS-55 — Nursing Skills Lab - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Designed for nursing students to remediate or update nursing skills and nursing care to patients via simulation, learn to access health care information via the internet, obtain help with writing skills specific to nursing department requirements and remediate or update math skills relating to calculation of dosages and solutions. Grades are P/NP Only. ### NURS-56 — Advanced Nursing Skills Lab - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Designed for nursing students in the advanced instruction to practice and/or remediate in advanced nursing skills. Areas of practice include advanced procedures, technological equipment experience, help with advanced analysis of assessment findings, diagnostics, and multiple system acute pathologies, activities to promote critical thinking, simulation, and developing complex nursing care plans. (L,M,C) Grades are P/NP Only. ### NURS-57 — Second Year Advanced Nursing Skills Lab - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Designed for 2nd year nursing student to practice and/or remediate in advanced/basic nursing skills. Areas include advanced procedures, equipment, assessment, diagnostics, and multiple system pathologies for adult and pediatric clients. Activities promote critical thinking, development of complex nursing care plans/concept maps, and growth and development for adult and pediatric clients. Remediation in first year skills as needed. (L,M,C) Grades are P/NP Only.