Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurses and Nursing Assistants

An important part of serving patients at end-of-life is specifically mastering the physical and psychosocial skillset to be able to aid family members of a dying patient as well as recognize specific symptoms that may fall upon the patient themselves, even if they can not express them. A Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN) certification is specifically offered to experienced nurses and was designed to test a candidate’s ability to successfully provide hospice and palliative care to patients. Center for Hospice Care currently has 7 CHPN.

There is also the CHPNA certification designed for experienced hospice and palliative nursing assistants, which CHC has four, that also teach the skillset of aiding the patient at end-of-life.