{"id":38066,"date":"2021-06-21T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=38066"},"modified":"2023-08-10T08:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:47:22","slug":"fran-bracken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/fran-bracken\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran Bracken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_38067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38067\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38067\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/26150755\/YMEP-Fran-closeup.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/26150755\/YMEP-Fran-closeup.webp 800w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/26150755\/YMEP-Fran-closeup-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/26150755\/YMEP-Fran-closeup-768x502.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/26150755\/YMEP-Fran-closeup-150x98.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/26150755\/YMEP-Fran-closeup-200x131.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fran Bracken, a certified hyperbaric technologist and respiratory therapist at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital, helps patients inside, and out, of the hospital. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Kindness extends beyond hospital walls<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>For 20 years, Fran Bracken, a certified hyperbaric technologist and respiratory therapist, has comforted patients as they undergo treatment in the HBO chamber \u2013 an experience that can make them anxious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese patients can be quite ill so we make sure they are comfortable in the (hyperbaric) chamber,\u201d Bracken said. \u201cThey are giving up control to go into the chamber, but I always tell them: \u2018Even though I&#8217;m out here and you are in there, you are still in charge.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By learning more about her patients\u2019 lives outside of treatment, she gains their trust, as she did with Beverly Francque, 81. After battling cancer, Francque learned that she needed to receive hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat soft tissue radionecrosis, a condition that occurs when radiation exposure kills soft tissue, preventing it from regenerating normally. Francque knew nothing about HBO treatment, and she was scared when she arrived at PVH early one morning in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Francque said Bracken instantly calmed her fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s one of God\u2019s children,\u201d Francque said. \u201cShe really has the spirit of an angel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Bracken\u2019s compassionate care put Francque at ease, Bracken also showed Francque kindness outside of appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Francque\u2019s appointments were scheduled before valet services started. On cold and icy days, Francque feared falling. Bracken made sure Francque made it to her car safely by delivering her there in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019d go in the snow and cold just to make sure I got to my car safely,\u201d Francque said.<\/p>\n<p>Bracken\u2019s kindness didn\u2019t end there. When Francque mentioned she was new to town and didn\u2019t know where to go for a vehicle emissions test, Bracken stepped in again to help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter she got off work that night, it was dark, she took a dry run and came back the next day and gave me a detailed map of how to get there,\u201d Francque said. \u201cAfter I finished treatment, I drove straight there and didn\u2019t get lost, which is unusual because I\u2019m always getting lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe must love her job to go above and beyond the way she does,\u201d Francque said.<\/p>\n<p>Her coworkers agree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the little things that Fran does daily,\u201d said Kathy Glenn, nurse manager.\u00a0 \u201cI honestly think she works overtime thinking about how she can help others have a better day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3 su-column-centered\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #930718\">You Make Extraordinary Possible<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Together, we recognize and honor the qualities within ourselves by shining a spotlight on how each and every one of us improve lives in big ways and small.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uchealthpoints.isrewards.com\/Recognition\/Award\/FormFlex.aspx?pr=JAwX5qZPSOA=&#038;m=N\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#A22343;border-color:#821c36;border-radius:56px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:40px;border-color:#be657c;border-radius:56px;text-shadow:none\"> Share a story<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kindness extends beyond hospital walls For 20 years, Fran Bracken, a certified hyperbaric technologist and respiratory therapist, has comforted patients as they undergo treatment in the HBO chamber \u2013 an experience that can make them anxious. \u201cThese patients can be quite ill so we make sure they are comfortable in the (hyperbaric) chamber,\u201d Bracken said. 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