An award given to very few, Professor Quinones is honored with The Inspired Comfort Award
By Taylor Baker
A Professor of Nursing at the College, Lisa Quinones, received the Inspired Comfort Award presented by Cherokee Uniforms.
Professor Lisa Quinones Winning The Inspired Comfort Award
She was honored with the award for her global and local efforts to educate students, health advocates, and underserved populations in Latin America.
Through the years, Quinones received a Bachelor of Science degree at State University of New York: Downstate Medical Center and a Masters degree at State University of New York at Stony Brook. She also has a Nurse Practitioner Certification in OB/GYN and Adult Primary Care.
You can now find her at the Riverhead technology building room 343.
The Inspired Comfort Award is recognized at the national level for exceptional skills, characteristics and work of nurses and other non-physician healthcare professionals who provide outstanding service, sacrifice, and innovation while impacting others’ lives which is decided by Cherokee Uniforms.
“Lisa was nominated for this award for her extraordinary ability and passionate commitment to mentor and teach both future nurses and health-promotion advocates in Latin America whose knowledge and communication directly impacts the health of impoverished, rural communities. No audience is too prestigious or too humble for her to share her knowledge, expertise and perspective with whether it’s a UN conference, officials from the Vatican, or those who help women in Latin America deliver their babies,” said Wendell Mobley who directs Cherokee Uniforms’ charitable and scholarship programs.
“Lisa embodies the spirit of the Inspired Comfort Award.” “Lisa teaches by doing,” explains Dr. Frances LaFauci, Associate Dean of Nursing at SCCC and Quinones’ nominator. “The four walls of a classroom could never contain the endless compassion and the knowledge she has to offer to this world, and that’s proven by the work we do and the lives we touch under her leadership.”
Professor Lisa Quinones, who is a highly skilled nurse practitioner, RNC MS OGNP ANP ICCE, Professor of Nursing at the college spends vacations going across the borders and traveling the world to help others. She has skills in first aid, infant delivery, and managing slight health issues. Quinones led medical missions to areas of Panama, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic, which call for special and prolonged efforts to help others in need.
Quinones presented her research to the United Nations’ World Youth Alliance and addressed issues in Honduras in 2010. She is a volunteer member for the nonprofit group Hope for a Healthier Humanity (HHH). Professor Quinones has taken groups of her nursing students on the trips, which require 14-hour days.
On Ratemyprofessor.com, a student wrote, “Great, informative, helpful, and loves her job! Better yet, loves helping students!!”
“If I could change one thing about the world, it would be that healthcare is a human right, not a luxury,” said Quinones.
Quinones is driven by her belief that healthcare must be accessible to all humans across the globe. Since The Inspired Comfort Award was established in 2003, almost 9,900 healthcare professionals have been nominated across the various nursing and non-physician disciplines. The individual’s who evaluates the nominations and grants the awards is a panel of Cherokee representatives and other Inspired Comfort Award winners. Professor Quinones was one of just seven recipients nationwide who has received this prestigious award.
“Famines continue all over the world, mothers and babies die every day due to lack of accessible care, and health education is available only to those who are aware of the resources available. There is a great nursing shortage here and abroad, but as nurses we must never forget our oath to care across all cultures and circumstances without prejudice,” said Quinones. “The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our sense of well-being.”
