The attributes of palliative care include a holistic approach to complex needs of patients and family though chronic illness and end-of-life care. Characteristics of this approach include treatment of the physical signs that present with life-threatening and chronic illnesses. Signs are generally objective such and vomiting, bleeding, labored breathing, abnormal vital signs or labs that can be recognized by others such as nurses, physicians or family members (Nunn, 2014). Palliative care can also include treatment of symptoms such as nausea, pain, dizziness or air hunger which “can only be “detected or sensed by the patient” (Nunn, 2014, p. 338). Palliative care extends beyond treatment of the signs and symptoms of chronic and terminal disease,
