The treatment Predo Braden Jr. received while recovering from an auto accident inspired him to seek a new career in health care. Now he is helping MD Anderson patients by staying upbeat, taking the initiative and anticipating their needs.
Patient care technician Predo Braden Jr. has only been a member of team MD Anderson since December 2014, but you’d never know it just by watching him.
After only six months on the job, Braden was asked to mentor other patient care technicians. He also serves as a member of his unit’s Retention Committee (to keep staff happy and motivated) and the SKIN team champions (for the prevention of bedsores).
“As soon as he got here, Predo hit the floor running,” says Myrna Martinez, a clinical nurse leader on Floor 10 of the Main Building. “He is always on top of things. It’s outstanding.”
For his attention to detail, his cooperative spirit and his commitment to delivering only the highest-quality care to our patients, Braden has been named December’s Heart of MD Anderson award winner.
As a patient care technician (PCT), Braden’s primary responsibilities include recording vital signs, removing IVs and catheters, and assisting staff and patients in the Melanoma/Sarcoma/GI unit of the Main Building. But he routinely exceeds expectations there by offering patients encouraging words and reminding them of simple ways to stay healthy while receiving treatment.
“You don’t usually have PCTs telling patients to stay hydrated, get out of bed and get to walking, but Predo does,” says Martinez. “We really appreciate that.”
Braden is so quick to offer assistance to everyone that he has been named the “Patient Experience Champion” more than once and has won the unit’s “Best Team Player” award multiple times.
“Predo has high standards for himself and for others,” says Julia Sarkar, nurse manager. “He doesn’t accept second-best, and he doesn’t cut corners. He does things the right way.”
Suggestion becomes unit’s new standard
Braden is known as much for his efficiency as for the compassionate care he provides.
In fact, Braden caught on to the floor’s nursing procedures so fast, that when he suggested a way to get new patients settled more quickly, it immediately became the unit’s new standard.
“Predo came up with an admissions kit so that everyone knew exactly what to give new patients,” says Sarkar. “Now, everything is ready at the bedside and staff don’t have to go running around looking for supplies.”
The kit includes many basic personal hygiene items, such as a soap dish, wash basin and hand sanitizer. A list of the kit’s contents is posted in the supply room, so that any staff member can easily assemble it.
“The minute a room is clean, we go ahead and get it ready for next patient,” adds Martinez. “We bring the kit in ahead of time, so it’s already in the room waiting.”
Braden says he is driven by a desire to pay forward the care he received while recovering from injuries sustained in a 2014 auto accident.
“My experience probably wasn’t the same as a cancer patient’s,” Braden says. “But I was at a low point in terms of dignity, where I couldn’t do a lot of things for myself.”
That experience spurred the former security officer to return to school, and MD Anderson was the first job he landed in the health care field after completing his studies.
“I can’t administer medication, and I can’t diagnose, but if a patient tells me what’s going on, I can probably get an answer and come back so they’re not worried,” Braden says. “I know I only do a small part, but patients have so much to worry about, so to be on their side and be a friend, that’s all the reward I look for.”
For his colleagues, Braden’s willingness to take the extra step to bring patients comfort is what sets him apart.
“Predo does little things for them that others might not think about,” says Sarkar. “Like when a patient is feeling really down, he might offer to go for a walk with them or help them with a shower. He cheers them up.”
“Predo’s care for our patients is exceptional,” adds nurse Dorina Sibug. “Predo loves what he’s doing, and he cares. You can feel it.”
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