hospice certification exam

[pammyf]

I just took the exam offered through the american hospice and palliative board (RN)

It was a challenge! I was surprised that the results came through the minute I walked out

of the examination room. I am writing to ask if anyone else took it on March 27, and what you thought!

I was the only one in Roanoke VA taking it. I was also wondering what percentage of nurses pass this test.

Any clues! Oh, yes....I passed! There were some interesting questions on culture. They wanted to know about traditions in the Muslim Faith at death and Native American Indian customs. There was only one question on medication conversion, no questions on Methadone (surprised me since we use so much for neuropathic pains) and lots on disease process. There was a strong emphasis on sudden acute "lifethreatening" events which I found rather odd since in 12 years of hospice nursing I have only seen these events a few times. Lots and Lots of questions which made me think for 3 hours! (the length of the test). There were not that many black and white question/answers. One had to use severel concepts to come up with the correct answer. I would love to talk more about it in this forum since I have no one to share this experience with! thanks