
4th Quarter - Mary Wilgus, RN
Atlantic General Hospital awarded the DAISY Award for excellence in nursing
for the fourth quarter 2016 to Mary Wilgus,RN.
She has worked with Atlantic General Hospital for over nine years. Wilgus
supports the hospital in caring for the community and its visitors as
a staff and charge nurse, as well as patient care supervisor. Of her nomination,
Wilgus says, "There is no greater compliment than the kind words of the
people we care for."
One nomination Wilgus received stated, "She tries her hardest to meet the
needs of the patients and staff...making every patient feel safe and well
informed. Mary is a blessing to everyone she comes in contact with!"

3rd Quarter - Patty Tull, RN
Atlantic General Hospital awarded the DAISY Award for excellence in nursing
for the third quarter of 2016 to Patty Tull, RN.
Tull currently works in Surgical Services and has worked at Atlantic General
Hospital since 2006. Winning the Daisy award was unexpected. Deciding
to go back to school and changing my life and career, I always hoped to
change and add to someone's life. This award makes me feel like I am becoming
the nurse I always dreamed of hopefully being one day. I hope to continue
being just that nurse," said Tull.Zimenkova currently works in the observation
unit at Atlantic General Hospital. She received a nomination from the
mother of an adolescent patient who said she is “so awesome!”.
2nd Quarter - Mariya Zimenkova, RN
Atlantic General Hospital awarded the DAISY Award for excellence in nursing
for the second quarter of 2016 to Mariya Zimenkova, RN.
Zimenkova currently works in the observation unit at Atlantic General Hospital.
She received a nomination from the mother of an adolescent patient who
said she is “so awesome!”.
The family member that nominated Zimenkova was extremely grateful for the
care and attention she gave her son while being treated at Atlantic General
Hospital. “She was very supportive to us, answered all of our questions,
and what a great bedside manner! She is such a wonderful nurse. Everyone
was great, but she is the one that stands out the most!”

1st Quarter - Katie Zidanic, RN
Atlantic General Hospital awarded the DAISY Award for excellence in nursing
for the first quarter of 2016 to Katie Zidanic, RN.
Zidanic currently works in the Med Surg department and has worked at Atlantic
General Hospital for two years. She received two nominations, one from
a patient and one from a family. The family member who nominated Katie
wanted her to be recognized for getting her mother to smile. It was something
she had not seen her mother do in a long time.
The patient who nominated Zidanic said, “If my whole family could
have voted, you would have had 50 nominations for Katie.”
“It is truly an honor to be recognized for a career that I feel so
passionately about and one that I feel like I was born to do,” Zidanic
said. “Within days of working at AGH I knew that I had been placed
here for a reason. I work with THE best group of nurses, techs and doctors.”