Nurses are expected to practice with compassion; it’s an integral aspect of providing quality care. “Compassion in nursing is still seen as a moral virtue, something that nurses are just expected to do and has been described as the essence of caring, therefore the essence of nursing” (Bramley & Matiti, 2014). Compassion care ties in with one of the most basic nursing theory, the Theory of Human Caring by Jean Watson. One of the key characteristic of this theory is to develop a trusting caring relationship and practice with compassion, (Sitzman, 2007). Bramley and Matiti states that “compassion unites people in difficult times and is a foundation to building human relationships which can promote both physical and mental health” (2014). Mary
