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The Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse exam from HPCC covers the full
scope of hospice and palliative RN practice. Here’s the format and the content areas.
Exam format
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 150 (135 scored, 15 unscored) |
| Time | 3 hours |
| Format | Multiple choice, single best answer |
Content domains
HPCC organizes the CHPN around the core domains of hospice and palliative nursing practice:
- Patient and family assessment and care planning
- Pain and symptom management
- Supportive communication and education
- Ethics, legal, and professional practice
- Care of the patient and family at the end of life
What to expect
Pain and symptom management is the clinical heart of the exam — expect heavy coverage
of opioids and equianalgesic conversions, common symptoms (dyspnea, nausea, delirium,
constipation), and end-of-life care. But the CHPN is broader than pharmacology: communication,
ethics, grief and bereavement, and the structure of the hospice benefit all appear.
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Sources & references
The exam facts on this page are drawn from official certifying-body materials, reviewed 2026-06-18 by the DrCertifications exam-prep team (10+ years in exam preparation and publishing).