Watson Caring Science Institute

Through education, practice, research and leadership, Watson Caring Science Institute’s mission is to inform, inspire and elevate nurses through its academic and clinical professional programs, focused on deep individual and cultural system change.

Watson Caring Science Institute is an international non-profit 501C(3) organization that advances the unitary philosophies, theories and practices of 'Caring Science’, developed by Jean Watson, Ph.D., RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, LL (AAN). Caring Science is a transdisciplinary approach that incorporates the art and science of caring and includes concepts from the fields of philosophy, ethics, ecology and mind-body-spirit medicine.

Watson Caring Science Institute’s purpose is to affirm and sustain the art and science of human caring in nursing, thereby elevating nursing’s leadership role in transforming healthcare. Our values include:

• Love is foundational to caring and healing (Caritas)
• Preserving human dignity
• Caring theory, ever evolving, translates to all levels of care
• Intentionally manifest constructive change
• Invite in, by attraction