Ressentiment (French pronunciation: â), in philosophy and psychology, is one of the forms of resentment or hostility. It is the French word for resentment (from Latin intensive prefix 're', and 'sentir' to feel).
Watson's definition of environment/society addresses the idea that nurses have existed in every society, and that a caring attitude is transmitted from generation to generation by the culture of the nursing profession as a unique way of coping with its environment.
Overall these components of Kalcabaâs theory of comfort combined and applied can make a significant difference in a patientâs life and experience with health care (Kolcaba, 2003). Assumptions. Kolcaba describes assumptions of person, health, environment and nursing within the Comfort Theory. A patient is the individual, family, institution, and community that is in need of health care. Health is defined as the âoptimal functioning, as defined by the patient, group, family or communityâ (Kolcaba, 2011).