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Detailed analytics highlighting strengths and weaknesses

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With questions developed and reviewed by experienced hospice and palliative care professionals, including CHPPN-informed clinicians, to ensure accurate, practical, and exam-relevant content.

Questions That Reflect the Real Exam Practice

With questions designed to mirror the format, difficulty, and focus areas of the actual CHPPN exam, helping you feel confident and prepared on test day.

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The CHPPN exam assesses essential knowledge and skills required for nursing assistants in hospice and palliative care. Our CHPPN Question Bank includes 1300+, carefully crafted questions aligned with the official exam blueprint, covering Patient Care – Assessment and Planning, Pain Management, Pediatric Diagnoses & Symptom Management, Professional Practice and Family-Centered Support, Education, and Advocacy.

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Prepare confidently with practice test questions that cover the exam blueprint, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the material.

Family-Centered Support, Education, and Advocacy

Advance care planning
Hospice palliative and concurrent care benefits under Medicaid/Medicare and private insurance
Patient safety: environmental physical socioemotional
Communication: techniques barriers and cultural humility
Community resources and referrals
Signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect
Medication management and disposal controlled substances and diversion
Self-care activities for family/caregivers
Support for patient’s community
Illness trajectory
Care at time of death and post-mortem care
Ethical issues related to end of life
Grief and loss support / bereavement services

Pediatric Diagnoses & Symptom Management

Complications of prematurity and birth
Neurological conditions and symptoms
Neuromuscular conditions and symptoms
Cardiac conditions and symptoms
Pulmonary conditions and symptoms
Congenital anomalies and symptoms
Musculoskeletal conditions and symptoms
Skin and mucous membrane symptoms
Nutritional and metabolic conditions and symptoms
Immune/Lymphatic/Hematologic conditions and symptoms
Gastrointestinal renal and hepatic conditions and symptoms
Psychosocial emotional and spiritual distress
Mental health conditions and symptoms

Pain Management

Etiology of pain types of pain and pain syndromes
Verbal and nonverbal indicators of pain and use of developmentally appropriate pain scales
Factors that may influence the patient’s experience of pain
Medications appropriate to severity and specific type of pain
Pediatric dosing and titration of medication
Dosage equivalents when changing analgesics or route of administration
Non-pharmacologic interventions
Complementary/integrative and alternative therapies

Assessment and Planning

Goals of care and shared decision making
Anticipatory planning
Interdisciplinary care planning and ongoing evaluation
Collaboration with external care teams
Psychosocial spiritual and cultural needs
Identity and personal relationships
Life-limiting disease progression complications and treatment
Indicators of imminent death

Professional Practice

Hospice and palliative care compliance under Medicaid/Medicare and concurrent care eligibility
National hospice and palliative care standards and practice guideline
Legal regulations
Professional boundaries
Practitioner self-care and stress management
Implicit bias and healthcare disparities

Family-Centered Support, Education, and Advocacy

Advance care planning
Hospice palliative and concurrent care benefits under Medicaid/Medicare and private insurance
Patient safety: environmental physical socioemotional
Communication: techniques barriers and cultural humility
Community resources and referrals
Signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect
Medication management and disposal controlled substances and diversion
Self-care activities for family/caregivers
Support for patient’s community
Illness trajectory
Care at time of death and post-mortem care
Ethical issues related to end of life
Grief and loss support / bereavement services

Pediatric Diagnoses & Symptom Management

Complications of prematurity and birth
Neurological conditions and symptoms
Neuromuscular conditions and symptoms
Cardiac conditions and symptoms
Pulmonary conditions and symptoms
Congenital anomalies and symptoms
Musculoskeletal conditions and symptoms
Skin and mucous membrane symptoms
Nutritional and metabolic conditions and symptoms
Immune/Lymphatic/Hematologic conditions and symptoms
Gastrointestinal renal and hepatic conditions and symptoms
Psychosocial emotional and spiritual distress
Mental health conditions and symptoms

Pain Management

Etiology of pain types of pain and pain syndromes
Verbal and nonverbal indicators of pain and use of developmentally appropriate pain scales
Factors that may influence the patient’s experience of pain
Medications appropriate to severity and specific type of pain
Pediatric dosing and titration of medication
Dosage equivalents when changing analgesics or route of administration
Non-pharmacologic interventions
Complementary/integrative and alternative therapies

Assessment and Planning

Goals of care and shared decision making
Anticipatory planning
Interdisciplinary care planning and ongoing evaluation
Collaboration with external care teams
Psychosocial spiritual and cultural needs
Identity and personal relationships
Life-limiting disease progression complications and treatment
Indicators of imminent death

Professional Practice

Hospice and palliative care compliance under Medicaid/Medicare and concurrent care eligibility
National hospice and palliative care standards and practice guideline
Legal regulations
Professional boundaries
Practitioner self-care and stress management
Implicit bias and healthcare disparities

Free CHPPN Practice Test Questions - Sample Questions

The following are free CHPPN practice test questions from the CHPPN Practice Question Bank:

1Which of the following is the leading cause of death in infants in the United States?

(a)Congenital malformations

(b)Sudden infant death syndrome

(c)Unintentional injury

(d)Respiratory distress

Answer: (a)

Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities are the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States, accounting for the largest proportion of deaths in the first year of life.

2Which pain assessment tool is MOST appropriate for an 18-month-old?

(a)Faces scale

(b)FLACC

(c)CRIES

(d)Color analog scale

Answer: (b)

The FLACC (Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability) scale is designed for preverbal and nonverbal children, including toddlers. It uses behavioral observation rather than self-report, which an 18-month-old cannot reliably provide.

3A child reports burning pain in an amputated limb after osteosarcoma surgery. What is the BEST medication?

(a)Gabapentin

(b)Prednisone

(c)Hydrocodone

(d)Ibuprofen

Answer: (a)

Burning neuropathic pain in a phantom limb is best treated with adjuvant neuropathic agents such as gabapentin or pregabalin. Opioids and NSAIDs are less effective for neuropathic pain syndromes.

4A 3-year-old with complex cardiac and airway disease develops shortness of breath. What is the BEST pharmacologic intervention?

(a)Morphine

(b)Hydromorphone

(c)Lorazepam

(d)Ibuprofen

Answer: (a)

Low-dose morphine is the first-line pharmacologic treatment for dyspnea in pediatric palliative care. It reduces the sensation of breathlessness and associated anxiety without significantly compromising respiratory drive at appropriate palliative doses.

5Bone demineralization due to immobilization most often leads to:

(a)Osteoporosis

(b)Osteopetrosis

(c)Osteogenesis

(d)Osteochondritis

Answer: (a)

Prolonged immobilization accelerates bone resorption and reduces bone density, leading to disuse osteoporosis. This increases fracture risk in chronically ill or bedbound pediatric patients.

6A dying 7-year-old draws angels and becomes withdrawn. To facilitate communication, the nurse should:

(a)Focus on happy memories

(b)Encourage talking with parents

(c)Discuss personal beliefs about heaven

(d)Initiate play therapy

Answer: (d)

Play therapy allows children to express fears, beliefs, and emotions about death through developmentally appropriate activities such as drawing. A withdrawn child who draws angels may be processing spiritual or existential concerns best explored through therapeutic play.

7To help children cope with emerging awareness of death, a nurse should:

(a)Assume young children have no awareness of death

(b)Rely solely on developmental theories

(c)Tailor responses to the child's capacities and needs

(d)Assume children rarely encounter death-related events

Answer: (c)

Children's understanding of death varies by developmental stage and individual experience. Responses should be tailored to each child's cognitive capacity, emotional needs, and cultural context rather than applying generic assumptions or theories alone.

8A family is distressed by a dying child's 'gurgling breathing.' What is the MOST appropriate response?

(a)Suctioning will likely help

(b)Increasing pain medication will help

(c)Repositioning the child may ease the symptom

(d)The sound will resolve on its own

Answer: (c)

Terminal respiratory secretions ('death rattle') occur when the patient can no longer clear pooled secretions. Repositioning to lateral decubitus may reduce audible gurgling. Suctioning is generally ineffective and distressing; anticholinergics may be considered if secretions are excessive.

9A 4-year-old sibling develops intermittent bedwetting after a year of dryness. What is the BEST explanation?

(a)Behavioral regression

(b)Genitourinary condition

(c)Unsuccessful potty training

(d)Neuromuscular condition

Answer: (a)

Regression-including bedwetting, clinginess, or thumb-sucking-is a common behavioral response in young siblings when a brother or sister is seriously ill or dying. It reflects stress and difficulty coping rather than a primary medical condition.

10Medications used to decrease consciousness to relieve refractory symptoms in imminently dying children is called:

(a)Physician-assisted suicide

(b)Principle of double effect

(c)Euthanasia

(d)Palliative sedation

Answer: (d)

Palliative sedation uses medications to reduce consciousness when symptoms such as pain, dyspnea, or agitation are refractory to standard palliative interventions in the imminently dying patient. It is distinct from euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide.

11A terminally ill child enrolls in hospice but continues chemotherapy. This is an example of:

(a)Denial

(b)Concurrent care

(c)Grief

(d)Non-beneficial care

Answer: (b)

Concurrent care allows pediatric hospice patients to receive curative or life-prolonging treatments such as chemotherapy alongside hospice palliative services. This model supports families who wish to continue disease-directed therapy while receiving comfort-focused care.

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Dr. Andrew Wagner, a distinguished graduate of UC Irvine Medical School, has been a Board Certified Family Physician since 1985. With a notable career in medical education and patient care, he has held esteemed positions such as Chief of Education and served on the Ethics Committee. He is recognized as a pioneer in AIDS/HIV patient care in California. In 2012, he became Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, marking a significant shift towards end-of-life care. As a faculty member for the Healer’s Art Course at UCSF, Dr. Wagner focuses on end-of-life and palliative care, sharing his extensive knowledge with medical students. For the past 15 years, he has been a physician facilitator for Schwartz Rounds, promoting discussions about the emotional challenges of patient care. Currently, he provides inpatient palliative care consults at Sutter Health and continues to teach residents. His work is complemented by his training in guided imagery and integrative medicine. In his spare time, Dr. Wagner, a black belt in Aikido, has trained in martial arts for thirty years.

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