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Conceptual Definitions for the Organizing Framework

The organizing framework provides faculty and students with a way of conceptualizing and organizing knowledge, skills, values, and beliefs (Billings & Halstead, 2009). This framework facilitates the creation of courses and the organization of the courses into a cohesive curriculum that enables students to achieve the desired learning outcomes.


In 1860 Florence Nightingale first published “Notes on Nursing” in the United States (Nightingale, 2008). From her writings, the concepts of person, environment, nursing, and health have been drawn. These concepts are still considered to be the cornerstones of many nursing theoretical models (Billings & Halstead, 2009). The following statements are Georgia College’s own unique perspectives related to these concepts as they are reflected in our curriculum.

Person: The person is conceptualized holistically as a system, whether individual, family, group, or community. Viewing persons in a holistic manner involves appreciation of the biological, psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, and developmental dimensions that make the person unique, unprecedented, and unrepeatable.

Environment/Society: The curriculum reflects concepts revealing an interaction between persons and their environment, which has the potential to impact their health. An evolving care system has developed within the context of the socioeconomic, political, and global environment. The system constantly changes in an attempt to meet the health needs of the populations. Nursing demands a professional who is able to serve as client advocate or change agent to assure that clients have access to quality care that is satisfying and cost effective. 

Nursing: The curriculum reflects selected concepts and processes to construct the meaning of professional nursing practice. At the undergraduate level, nursing is conceptualized as a profession that involves practice as a generalist while the graduate program prepares the professional nurse for practice within a prescribed nursing specialty.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduate is prepared for beginning roles caring for individual clients throughout the lifespan in a variety of settings, and for families, groups, and communities as clients and to assume a beginning leadership role in nursing. The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program builds on the generalist foundation of the baccalaureate nurse and extends the breadth, depth, and scope of nursing education to inform practice. MSN graduates and students completing postmaster’s programs are prepared to assume leadership roles as family nurse practitioners. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program prepares nurse leaders for evidence-based practice in both direct patient care and executive roles. This requires competence in translating research into practice, evaluating evidence, applying research in decision-making, and implementing viable clinical and organizational innovations to change practice. 



Health: In order to understand health as a dynamic multidimensional state, the curriculum explores selected concepts: holistic health, outcomes management, and global health. Holistic health as a human value occurs within the text of a diverse interconnected individual, family, group, and community. Holistic health encompasses health promotion, maintenance, and restoration, achievable through collaborative communication, empowerment, advocacy, and access to health care. The outcomes from the delivery of health care are managed to improve the quality of life and reach the maximal potential of the individual, family, and community. Global health incorporates a worldview in which humankind is interconnected and cultural diversity is appreciated.

Developed 11/ 20/1995; Revisited 11/30//95; 4/2003; reaffirmed 11/2009; 5/26/2011


Program Concepts

The curriculum for undergraduate and graduate programs is designed around ten nursing-practice concepts: 1) communication, 2) evidence-based practice, 3) leadership, 4) ethics, 5) cultural diversity, 6) health promotion & disease prevention, 7) advocacy, 8) collaboration, 9) information science/informatics, and 10) professional role. As noted earlier, the graduate program builds upon the undergraduate program.



Program Concepts Definitions
Communication is a two-way process of sending and receiving meaningful information that goes beyond the simple transfer of information to the establishment of a relationship between people (Blais & Hayes, 2011).

Evidence-based practice is a the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence applied to improve the quality of clinical judgment in making decisions about the care of individuals moderated by patient circumstances and preferences (Blais & Hayes, 2011; Sackett, Rosenberg, Gray, Haynes, & Richardson, 1996).

Leadership shapes and shares a vision, by inspiring, enlivening, and engaging others to participate in building consensus for goal achievement (Blais & Hayes, 2011; Kelly, 2008).

Ethics is a branch of philosophy that provides an integral part of the foundation of nursing. A code of ethics makes the primary goals, values, and obligations of the profession explicit.  It is an expression of nursing’s own understanding of its commitment to society. (Fowler, 2008, p. 145).

Cultural Diversity is respect, understanding, and sensitivity to the needs between and within cultural groups.  Individual diversity may include but is not limited to race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, primary language, disability, veteran status, national origin, geographical background and economic status. Diversity extends beyond acceptance; it is the exploration and understanding of individual’s uniqueness and differences in a safe, non-judgmental, and caring environment (Blais & Hayes, 2011) (College of Health Sciences).

Health Promotion & Disease Prevention is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations (also ANA definition of nursing) (American Nurses Association, 2010a, p. 1).

Advocacy is a practical partnership between a professional who has expertise to offer to the client who is experiencing inherent ambiguity associated with significant health concerns (Joel, 2009, p. 263).

Collaboration is a professional healthcare partnership grounded in a reciprocal and respectful recognition and acceptance of: each partner’s unique expertise, power, and sphere of influence and responsibilities; the commonality of goals; the mutual safeguarding of the legitimate interest of each party, and the advantages of such a relationship (American Nurses Association, 2010b, p. 64).

Informatics is a combination of computer, information and nursing sciences that facilitates the management and processing of nursing data, information and knowledge and supports the practice of nursing (Staggers & Thompson, 2002, p. 227).

Professional Role is the role of a nurse that uses a distinct body of knowledge, university-based education, specialized practice, standards of practice, a social contract, and an ethical code (American Nurses Association, 2010b, p. 15).


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