title: A Globally-Conscious Nonlocal Nursing Community: From Caritas to Communitas.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe the creative process and nursing implications of the website, Holding Heartspace: A Nonphysical Ashram for the Like-hearted to Honor Story, Process, and Sacred Intentions of Caring-Healing-Loving in the World. Holding Heartspace is an example of a virtual community that links the experiences of nurses from around the world to a centralized forum. This site is the culminating project of the author's participation in and graduation from the Caritas Coach Education Program (CCEP). Human caring science is a theory of nursing maintaining several relevant components and definitions that have fostered the creation of Holding Heartspace. It is within the contextual realm of caring science that facilitation from caritas (compassionate, generous love) to the more universal communitas (recognition of our collective humanity) is realized and experienced (Watson, 2008).
authors.affiliation: Nurse Educator for Critical Care Services York University.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: D020407:Internet; D009736:Nursing Process
keywords: caring science; caritas; communitas; community; nonlocal consciousness