Welcome to the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Assocation Blog!


Below you will find the latest news from the HPNA National Office!


Friday, August 6, 2010

HPNA is now offering convenient one half-hour online continuing education courses!
Nurses who complete the course and pass the corresponding exam will be awarded 0.5 nursing contact hours. HPNA members pay $10 and non-members pay $15 for the course.
First Course is: · Delirium: Characteristics, Assessment Tools, Prevention Interventions and Management. For more information about HPNA's online courses, visit our website, www.HPNA.org and click on "Education", "E-learning."

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

2010 HPNA Clinical Practice Forum - September 17-18, 2010 - Minneapolis, MN
“Breathing Easier: Palliative Care and Advanced Pulmonary Disease” Early bird registration until August 13th. Full Conference Registration

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Upcoming FREE Online Chat Session:
"Advocating for Nursing: Q & A With HPNA's Legislative Firm" with special guest speakers, Bill H. Applegate - Senior Policy Advisor, and Chris Rorick - Policy Advisor of Bryan Cave LLP

Advocating for Nursing
August 11th, 4:00PM EST

Friday, July 9, 2010

HPNA Approved Educator Workshop
August 21, 2010
8:00 am - 5:00 PM
Embassy Suites New Orleans
http://bit.ly/bHeKYo

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Join an HPNA chapter today! See what is going on in Hospice and Palliative Nursing in your local area!http://www.hpna.org/ChaptersList.aspx?x

Friday, July 2, 2010

New E-Learning Course: GI Symptoms in Hospice and Palliative Care Patients 1 contact hour. Price $30. Member price #20. Objectives: Identify gastrointestinal problems that hospice/palliative care patients face. Explain the pathophysiology of the GI symptoms. Identify treatments available for GI symptoms. http://hpna.org/DisplayPage.aspx?Title=E-Learning

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

HPNA Approved Educator Workshop August 21, 2010, New Orleans, LA. Prepares RN’s to teach Clinical Reviews to RNs and NA’s http://bit.ly/bHeKYo.