{"id":74490,"date":"2024-03-21T08:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=74490"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T20:20:26","slug":"our-stories-stephanie-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/our-stories-stephanie-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Long"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_74491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74491\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74491\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/07082937\/Stephanie-Long-web.webp\" alt=\"A photo of Stephanie Long.\" width=\"640\" height=\"528\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Long<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Thinking outside the (snack) box fostered trust and improved care<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Long brought in a bag of high-protein snacks from her home during her shift at the UCHealth Wound Care Clinic &#8211; Fort Collins. She had intended to replenish the snack drawer shared among her colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Then she had a conversation with a new patient, Randol Curtis.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that he needed to try to eat about 100 grams of protein daily, significantly more than a person\u2019s average protein intake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou take a lot of history from a new patient, and a big part of wound care is diet and protein,\u201d Long said. \u201cProtein provides the body with the building blocks to help a wound heal &#8211; it\u2019s used to build and repair that body tissue. If you don\u2019t have that, it will delay healing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curtis is a veteran. He receives frozen meals through a service, but he also lives off Social Security and food stamps. And while his wound is healing, he\u2019s not been able to work.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing the potential for her bag of snacks to play a crucial role in supporting health and healing, Long redirected the surplus. Long, who works PRN, added more high-protein snack samples from the clinic, and Curtis left his first visit with two bags of food that would enhance his well-being and wound care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of times, you don\u2019t realize people have such food insecurity, but he was very forthcoming,\u201d Long said.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis welcomed the extra help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably wouldn\u2019t have gone out and bought that food for myself,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cI haven\u2019t been able to work and live on Social Security, so after bills, I\u2019m down to the nitty-gritty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The extra gesture from Long made Curtis feel welcomed and respected. He left not only with protein but something more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone that I\u2019ve had contact with (at the clinic) has been great, but (Long) was the first one I came in contact with, and she made a lasting impression on me,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cFirst of all, she was professional and did her job really well. But she was also personable and made me feel comfortable being there. She was all-around genuine \u2013 offering it out of kindness and my well-being.\u201d<\/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>Thinking outside the (snack) box fostered trust and improved care Stephanie Long brought in a bag of high-protein snacks from her home during her shift at the UCHealth Wound Care Clinic &#8211; Fort Collins. 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