%0 Journal Article
%T Compassionate Knowing: Building a Concept Grounded in Watson¡¯s Theory of Caring Science
%A Shannon M. Constantinides
%J Nursing Science Quarterly
%@ 1552-7409
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0894318419845386
%X Compassionate knowing is the practice of intentional presence to relieve suffering. Inspired by Carper¡¯s patterns of knowing, it is an additional form of knowing grounded in caring science. Likewise, the concept of compassionate knowing is framed by tenets of Buddhist philosophy and George¡¯s emancipatory theory of compassion. Intentional presence is defined as a conscious and altruistic choice, born of moral virtue and selflessness, to act in a thoughtful, empathetic, and humanistic way that honors and gives meaning to the uniqueness of each patient and caring-healing nurse-client interaction. Relieving suffering is defined as the nurse responding to the needs of the patient with loving-kindness to alleviate a perceived or real threat to self-integrity
%K compassion
%K knowing
%K nursing
%K suffering
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0894318419845386