What is the CPXP credential?

The Certified Patient Experience Professional (CPXP) is the recognized credential for professionals who lead patient experience — validating expertise in patient- and family-centered care, communication, and experience improvement.

Advance your career

A respected mark of patient experience expertise.

Strengthen your team

Shared language and standards across the organization.

Lead with credibility

Demonstrated, certified expertise leaders trust.

How Care Experience Lab helps

CPXP Exam Preparation

Study support and structured preparation for the CPXP credential.

Professional Development

Growth for patient experience and nursing leaders.

Team Workshops

Communication, health literacy, and patient experience for your teams.

Speaking & Education

Sessions for conferences and leadership programs.

Who it is for

Patient experience leaders, nurse leaders, and teams pursuing the CPXP credential or investing in their professional growth.

Frequently asked questions

What is the CPXP credential?

A recognized certification for patient experience professionals that validates expertise in patient-centered care, communication, and experience improvement.

Who should pursue CPXP?

Patient experience leaders, nurse leaders, and quality and experience teams who want certified, demonstrable expertise.

How does Care Experience Lab help?

Through exam preparation, study support, frameworks, coaching, and team workshops grounded in real healthcare practice.

Where do I enroll or learn more?

Explore the full CPXP program and enroll at cpxp.chericlancy.com using the Learn More button below.

The Care Experience Lab Framework

Six ways we create clarity

Communication

Plain language that lands

Patient Experience

Designed around people

Responsible AI

Ethical, practical AI

Leadership

Safe, capable teams

Workflow Design

Less friction, better care

CPXP Education

Grow the profession

Executive Expertise

How Care Experience Lab helps

Advisory for Leaders

Strategy for patient experience, communication, and operations.

Frameworks & Toolkits

Ready-to-use tools teams can apply immediately.

Leadership Education

Building psychologically safe, capable teams.

Responsible AI Guidance

Adopt AI safely, ethically, and practically.

Keynotes & Workshops

Practical sessions for healthcare audiences.

CPXP Preparation

Coaching toward the patient experience credential.

Use Cases

See complexity become clarity

A real example — turning dense colonoscopy prep instructions into a clear, visual patient guide.

Before: dense, text-heavy colonoscopy preparation instructions
Before — dense, text-heavy instructions
After: clear, visual colonoscopy preparation patient guide
After — clear, visual patient guide

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From the Resource Library

Frameworks you can use today

Responsible AI Governance Toolkit

Adopt AI safely and ethically.

CAHPS Leadership Toolkit

Turn CAHPS data into better experiences.

Health Literacy & Plain Language Toolkit

Make complex content easy to act on.

Explore Resources

Book & Thought Leadership

Communication that builds trust

Critical Conversations in Healthcare, Third Edition by Cheri Clancy - book cover

Third Edition · Sigma Theta Tau International

Critical Conversations in Healthcare

Scripts and techniques for effective interprofessional and patient communication — turning difficult conversations into clear, trusted ones. Authored by Cheri Clancy.

About Care Experience Lab

Meet the founder

Cheri Clancy, MSN, MS, RN, NEA-BC, CPXP, is a nurse leader, patient experience strategist, author, educator, and healthcare communication expert. Her work focuses on helping healthcare organizations improve how people communicate, lead, teach, and build trust across complex care environments.

She is the author of Critical Conversations in Healthcare, Third Edition, published by Sigma Theta Tau International, and has spent her career helping healthcare professionals navigate difficult conversations with clarity, empathy, and practical skill.

Through Care Experience Lab, Cheri brings together clinical leadership, patient experience expertise, health literacy, adult education, healthcare operations, and responsible AI to help organizations turn complex information into communication patients, caregivers, staff, and leaders can understand and use.

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Why leaders trust Cheri

  • Nurse leader with executive patient experience and healthcare operations background
  • Certified Patient Experience Professional (CPXP) and board-certified nurse executive
  • Author of Critical Conversations in Healthcare, Third Edition
  • Educator, speaker, and consultant focused on communication, leadership, and care experience