1. Introduction There are a wide variety of problems in nursing care for patients with terminally ill. In care, communication is important in the patient-nurse relationship [1], and particularly at the end of life, effective caring is not possible without communication [2] [3]. Patients and their families express frustration with [4] lack of communication between terminally ill patients and nurses [5] [6], but evidence on improvement of communication, provides future communication skills training to advance hospice clinicians’ interactions with patients and families [7]. Previous study on a “good death” for terminally ill patients [8], families and health care providers [9] [10] have suggested the importance of care to support the process of the patient’s “good death”. So far, a certain view on the role of nursing for dying people has been shown [11]. Hospices provide higher quality medical care and nursing than general hospitals according to some surveys of families [12]. However, Tu and Chiou suggested that the awareness of others towards the pain and quality of life of terminally patients is low [13]. Little is known about the characteristics of such nursing situation. Therefore, clarifying the characteristics of nursing contributes to accumulation of practical knowledge, and is also important for increasing the expertise of hospice/ palliative nursing care. The purpose of this study was to clarify the characteristics of nursing care for patient with terminally ill in hospice/palliative care units.