Patricia Moyle Wright, PhD, MBA, MSN, CRNP, ACNS-BC, CHPN, CNE, FPCN is a Professor of Nursing at The University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where she teaches in the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. Dr. Wright brings her more than 25 years of experience in the field of hospice and palliative care to her teaching and truly loves to inspire students to provide the best possible care to those facing their last moments. She also continues to provide direct care to terminally ill patients through her work as a per diem hospice Nurse Practitioner. Outside of the classroom and clinical settings, Dr. Wright shares her love of end-of-life nursing care with others through her writing. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on issues related to end-of-life care. She is co-editor of the award-winning text Perinatal and Pediatric Bereavement in Nursing and other Health Professions (Springer Publishing), which was chosen as the 2016 AJN Book of the Year in the category of Palliative Care and Hospice. She is also the author of a ready reference text for nurses titled Fast Facts for the Hospice Nurse: A Concise Guide to End-of-Life Care, as well as Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) Exam Review: A Study Guide with Questions, which was a 2020 AJN Book of the Year award-winner in the category of Palliative Care and Hospice.
SECTION I. TEST PREPARATION
Chapter 1. The Hospice and Palliative Nursing Examination
Chapter 2. Preparing for the Examination
SECTION II. PATIENT CARE: ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING
Chapter 3. Goals of Care and Shared Decision-Making
Chapter 4. Interdisciplinary Care Planning and Ongoing Evaluation
Chapter 5. Disease Progression and Imminent Death
SECTION III. PATIENT CARE: PAIN MANAGEMENT
Chapter 6. Pain Etiology, Types of Pain, and Pain Syndromes
Chapter 7. Pain Assessment
Chapter 8. Pain Management Interventions
SECTION IV. PATIENT CARE: SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
Chapter 9. Neurological Symptom Management
Chapter 10. Cardiac Symptom Management
Chapter 11. Respiratory Symptom Management
Chapter 12. Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Symptom Management
Chapter 13. Musculoskeletal Symptom Management
Chapter 14. Skin and Mucous Membrane Symptom Management
Chapter 15. Nutritional and Metabolic Symptom Management
Chapter 16. Immune, Lymphatic, and Hematologic Symptom Management
SECTION V. PATIENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY
Chapter 17. Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Cultural Needs
Chapter 18. Patient and Caregiver Education, Support, and Advocacy
SECTION VI. PRACTICE ISSUES
Chapter 19. National Hospice and Palliative Care Standards
Chapter 20. Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing Practice Issues
SECTION VII. PRACTICE TESTS AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
Chapter 21. Practice Test
Chapter 22. Practice Test: Answers and Rationales
