Caris Healthcare’s Patient Care Manager Sharon Wilson Achieves Certification as Hospice and Palliative Nurse

February 2023 (LENOIR CITY, TN.)

The Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center (HPCC) is pleased to announce that Sharon Wilson, BSN, RN, Patient Care Manager at Caris Healthcare, has successfully achieved certification as a hospice and palliative nurse. 

HPCC, formerly the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses (NBCHPN®), is the only organization that offers specialty certification for all levels of hospice and palliative nursing care, administrators and perinatal loss care professionals. The Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN®) examination is designed for experienced registered nurses.

While Sharon has spent most of her career in medical office and hospital settings, hospice is her passion. “It is where my nursing heart lives,” she says. In her leadership class for her BSN, she wrote a paper on obtaining the CHPN. She expressed how blessed she has been to achieve this goal, saying, “I am hopeful it will help me to provide better care for our patients and their families.” 

To be eligible for the examination, an applicant must have a current, unrestricted registered nurse license and have hospice and palliative nursing practice of 500 hours in the most recent 12 months. 

Certification is highly valued, backed by research studies, and provides formal recognition of a standard of knowledge in the specialty of hospice and palliative care. The designation is recognized by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC).

Preferred as a current measure of continuing competence in the dynamic and evolving health care professional role, HPCC certification is valid for four years and can be renewed. Together with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation, HPCC works to advance expert care in serious illness. To learn more, visit HPCC at www.goHPCC.org, call 412.787.1057, or email hpcc@goHPCC.org.