Award Recipient...

The 2007 Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life
Fund Award Winner*

Ms. Luzviminda (Mindy) Zaporteza


            


Ms. Zaporteza has provided outstanding service as an Oncology Nurse in Florida’s hospitals for over forty years and possesses the same qualities as Odessa Chambliss.

Some of these special qualities are:

• Effective Communicator with patients and their families
• Compassion
• Courage
• Knowledge
• Patience
• Dedication to the Nursing Profession
• Human Kindness
• Focused and attentive to the needs, concerns, and fears from the patient perspective
• Identifies the patient’s physical, psychological, social or spiritual well being and will seek resources to assist and/or resolve conflicts


*On June 13, 2007 at Florida Hospital’s Nursing Appreciation Luncheon, Luzviminda was presented with a recognition plaque and monetary gift.