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.
Watson believed that holistic health care is central to the practice of caring in nursing. She defines nursing as a human science of persons and human health-illness experiences that are mediated by professional, personal, scientific, esthetic and ethical human transactions..