Preparing for your certification exam
The Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN®) exam from the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center (HPCC) is designed for hospice and palliative registered nurses. HPNA offers several educational resources to help you prepare for your upcoming CHPN® exam.
HPCC is not able to conduct or recommend specific exam preparation materials. The use of HPNA exam preparation materials does not imply successful performance on HPCC certification exams. The use of HPNA exam preparation materials does not give an advantage over candidates who do not choose to use them.
This self-paced interactive CHPN® review course includes six modules with interactive case studies and knowledge checks. Interactions are designed to engage the learner and provide feedback that reinforces underlying content. As a participant, the learner is then invited to problem solve; this demands use of critical thinking skills moving beyond recall of knowledge to analysis, evaluation, and application. This conceptual learning experience enables students to develop a real understanding of the subject matter, which leads to greater levels of confidence and therefore greater levels of engagement. Each module has its own objectives and slide presentation with accompanying audio.
Modules include:
- Overview, Test Taking Strategies, and Application
- Patient Care Assessment & Planning
- Patient Care: Pain Management
- Patient Care: Symptom Management
- Patient and Family Care, Support, Education, and Patient Advocacy
- Professional Practice Issues
Continuing Education:
6.5 NCPD Contact Hours
2 Category 1 Pharm Credit Hours
This Online Lecture Review Course is a self-paced voiceover slide presentation of the CHPN® Review Course. This course includes five modules, each with their own objectives, slide presentation, and accompanying audio. The modules address sections of the Detailed Content Outline from the Candidate Handbook. This Lecture Review provides a framework to prepare and a process to assess strengths and weaknesses of content prior to sitting for your exam.
Modules:
- Overview, Test Taking Strategies, and Application
- Patient Care: Assessment and Planning
- Patient Care: Symptom Management
- Patient Care: Pain Management
- Patient and Family Care, Education, and Advocacy
Continuing Education:
6.5 NCPD Contact Hours
2.0 Category 1 Pharm Credit Hours
After purchase, this course is available to you for 90 days.
This instructor-led certification review course is designed to help prepare you for the upcoming Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center (HPCC) CHPN® certification exam.
HPNA Certification Review Courses provide a framework to prepare, and a process to assess strengths and weaknesses of content prior to sitting for an HPCC certification exam. These courses are facilitated by nationally recognized subject matter experts.
Attendees can earn up to a maximum of 8.33 NCPD contact hours and 2.25 Pharmacotherapeutic contact hours upon successful completion of this course. Successful completion requires participants to remain engaged throughout the Zoom platform (e.g., cameras on, engaged in breakout sessions, etc.) and completing/ submitting the post-activity evaluation within the timeframe specified.
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of Nursing Continuing Professional Development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The faculty and planners of this accredited Continuing Professional Development Activity have disclosed no relevant financial, professional, or personal relationships with ineligible companies pertaining to the faculty selection, delivery, and evaluation of this activity.
No one with the ability to control the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with an ineligible company.
2026 courses will be available for registration soon.
This 48-question practice exam is a study tool for you to see sample CHPN® test questions, receive rationale for correct and incorrect answers, and review results online.
Access the Practice Exam
Build a strong foundation in hospice and palliative nursing and prepare confidently for the CHPN® examination with this comprehensive RN-level certification bundle from HPNA.
This two-book hospice and palliative RN textbook bundle includes:
- Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse, Fifth Edition
- Study Guide for the Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse
Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse
Fifth Edition, 2022
ISBN: 978-1-934654-12-5
The Core Curriculum is an essential tool for RNs as it offers information in all aspects of hospice and palliative nursing. To best prepare for the CHPN® exam, this publication includes information found in the Detailed Content Outline for the CHPN® exam.
This publication includes sections on patient care assessment and planning, pain and symptom management, patient and family care, support, education, and advocacy. It includes practice issues geared towards advancing the knowledge, professional development, and practice of RNs.
Study Guide for the Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse
ISBN-13: 978-1-934-65413-2
ISBN-10: 1-9346-5413-2
A companion textbook to the Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse, this evidence-based study guide is intended to enhance existing and newly learned principles of hospice and palliative nursing with corresponding review questions and in-depth case studies. The multiple-choice questions and case studies explore realistic clinical scenarios.