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.
Leininger's Culture Care Theory. 1  Care is the essence of nursing and a distinct, dominant, and unifying focus. 2  Caring is essential for well-being, health, healing, growth, and to face death. 3  Culture care is the broadest holistic means by which a nurse can know, explain, interpret, and predict nursing care phenomena to guide nursing care practices. Nursing is a transcultural, humanistic, and scientific care discipline and profession with the central purpose to serve human beings worldwide.