CHPN Exam Study Guide 2026–2027 | Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse Prep | Hospice Nurse Certification | 200 Practice Questions | PDF

A complete study guide for the HPCC Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN®) exam, organized around the five domains of the official CHPN Detailed Content Outline.

What's Inside:

• Content review in 5 sections and 32 topics: goals of care and the interdisciplinary plan of care, prognostic indicators and hospice eligibility by diagnosis, leukemia, liver failure, Parkinson disease, cystic fibrosis, dementia, recognizing imminent death, pain assessment, opioids and adjuvants, equianalgesic conversion and titration, non-drug pain therapies, tolerance and addiction, non-pain symptoms by body system, palliative emergencies, anxiety, palliative sedation, advance care planning and POLST, the Medicare hospice benefit, caregiver teaching and medication safety, grief, bereavement and postmortem care, ethics, hospice Conditions of Participation, professional boundaries and self-care, MAID, and team conflict
• 39 quick-reference tables plus flowcharts, key points and exam alerts: equianalgesic doses, conversion steps, opioid side effects, antiemetics by mechanism, palliative emergencies, PPS and FAST staging, levels of hospice care, Medicare timelines, grief types and more
• 2 practice tests with 200 scenario-based questions weighted like the real exam, 4 choices each
• Detailed answer explanations for every question, with the working shown for every dose conversion and breakthrough calculation
• Exam overview, study schedules, test-taking strategies, FAQs, and a final review checklist

Format:

• Digital PDF, instant download
• Printable US Letter pages (136 pages)

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