Swansons Theory of Caring defines caring as:
A.A quality of knowing participation in humanenvironment field patterning.
B.A relational pattern; it is the flow of nurses and others own experiences in the structural context of the organization.
C.The moral ideal that entails mind-body-soul engagement with one another.
D.A nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility.