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Hospice and Palliative Care Orientation Guide
HPNA is proud to provide the Hospice and Palliative Care Orientation Guide for RNs and APRNs. This guide was designed to provide an eight-week orientation for early-career nurses or those new to the specialty of hospice and palliative care.
Each week features learning outcomes, acknowledges scope and state practice differences, resource recommendations, assignments, and key takeaways.
This guide utilizes several HPNA resources, most of which are free for HPNA members.
Download the Free GuideScope, Standards, and Competencies for the Hospice and Palliative RN and APRN
As the national professional organization dedicated to advancing hospice and palliative nursing, HPNA is honored to present this essential first edition resource: Scope, Standards, and Competencies for the Hospice and Palliative RN and APRN. This document represents a collective effort to define, support, and elevate the practice of hospice and palliative nursing across all settings. Developed by nursing experts, grounded in evidence, and informed by the prior editions of scopes and standards and competencies documents, it reflects the heart and science of our hospice and palliative care specialty.
This first edition joins all the prior versions of previous hospice and palliative scope and standards and competencies documents all into one document. Together, the scope, standards, and competencies outlined in this book form a unified, evidence-informed foundation for the professional practice of hospice and palliative nurses. It defines and affirms the essential roles, expectations, and professional benchmarks for hospice and palliative nurses and advanced practice registered nurses across care settings and specialties.
Welcome to the first edition.
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Palliative Care Basics
Palliative Care Basics is a state-of-the-art eLearning resource consisting of several modules designed to provide essential practice knowledge on hospice and palliative care.
Free Webinars
In 2025, HPNA is bringing you a new webinar each month—entirely free for members! Explore the webinar series that covers timely, relevant topics designed to support hospice and palliative care nurses.
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