Describing Remembrance & Renewal: A Holistic Self-Care Program.

Holistic care interventions include support for healthcare worker grief in a relationship-based care paradigm. Few programs support oncology healthcare worker grief and renewal prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Describe "knowledge of" and "engagement with" a program about grief and resilience, Remembrance & Renewal (R&R). An anonymous, electronic survey was available to healthcare workers at an academic, comprehensive cancer center. Demographic questions were analyzed against "knowledge of" and "engagement with." Of 105 responding to "awareness of," 81 knew about R&R and 48 had "engaged with" the program. Statistically significant relationships between a characteristic and awareness were found for education (  =  .03), setting (p < .01), and the frequency of learning about a death (  =  .04). Statistically significant relationships between a characteristic and level of participation were found for profession (  =  .02) and length of time in job (  =  .03). Open-ended questions asked about impact of patient death (  =  93), barriers to participation (  =  54), and feelings after "engagement with" (  =  45). Responses to impact, barriers, and feelings were respectively: sadness (75.3%); time (77.8%); and calm (75.6%). This study describes "knowledge of" and "engagement with" a holistic grief and renewal program. Further study will add to healthcare worker holistic self-care.