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.

ISBN: 979-8-9910211-5-9

Edited by Heather Coats, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN, FPCN^® and Vanessa Battista, DNP, MBA, CPNP-PC, CHPPN^®, FPCN^®, FAAN

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