TABLE 1.

PRE, POST, AND 6-MONTH SURVEY RESULTS

	PRE (N = 42)	POST (N = 24)
VARIABLE	n	n
Role
RN	35	-
Food and nutrition worker	4	-
Patient care technician/nursing assistant	1	-
Social worker	1	-
Unit assistant	1	-
Had prior experience writing condolence cards
No	27	16
Yes	15	8
Perceived an access to resources a
Yes	18	15
No	9	1
Reported an interest in incorporating writing condolence cards into workflow a
Yes	21	14
No	6	2
		6 MONTH (N = 18)
VARIABLE		n
Intended to continue writing condolence cards
Yes		16
No		2
Reported a disruption in workflow
No		18
Yes		-
Reported feeling a sense of closure
Yes		17
No		1
Reported sustainability to effectively continue practice beyond project period
Yes		18
No		-
Reported actual continuation of practice
Yes		13
No		5
Cards completed per participant (N = 13)
1–5		4
6–9		7
10–15		-
16 or more		2
Received feedback from family (N = 13)
No		9
Yes		4
Time to complete card (minutes) (N = 13)
10 or fewer		13
11–12		-
21–30		-
More than 30		-

^aN values include only the number of participants who indicated that they had no prior experience writing condolence cards.

post—postimplementation; pre—preimplementation

Note. On a Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater perceived preparedness, the pre median score was 6.7, and the post median score was 8.3.