“…The defining characteristics were selected according to the nursing diagnoses related to palliative care most present in the scientific literature (7,10) , namely: Chronic Pain, Disturbed Sleep Pattern, Nausea, Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than Body Requirements, Anxiety, Fatigue, Ineffective Breathing Pattern, Impaired Comfort, Spiritual Distress, Ineffective Thermoregulation, Constipation, Diarrhea, Acute Confusion, Urinary Retention, Grieving (7) .…”