04/23/2026
Hattie Zieroth, RN, Emergency Room, has been named as the first quarter DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses winner at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo.
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® is part of The DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. Nurses may be nominated by patients, families, and colleagues.
The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.
Zieroth was nominated by a patient who wrote:
“Hattie was very attentive to my discomfort, both physical and emotional. She coordinated so well with the physician. I felt like they were definitely a team with the same methods and goals. In what seemed like long waits for medication to act, Hattie stayed with me, reassuring and encouraging me. She also made sure the friend was informed of my progress. Hattie is a great example of the exceptional care that SSM Health advocates and carries out.”
Zieroth was recently recognized during a brief ceremony. She received a certificate presented by leaders Christie Kapel, Mary LaHam, Autumn Stoflet, Rebecca Riesterer, and Melissa Leathers commending her as an “Extraordinary Nurse.” The certificate reads: “In deep appreciation of all you do, who you are, and the incredibly meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people.” Honorees also receive a DAISY Award pin, and a beautiful and meaningful sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe.
“When Patrick was critically ill, our family experienced first-hand the remarkable skill and care nurses provide patients every day and night,” according to Bonnie Barnes, FAAN, president and co-founder of The DAISY Foundation. “Yet these unsung heroes are seldom recognized for the super-human, extraordinary, compassionate work they do. The kind of work the nurses at St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo are called on to do every day epitomizes the purpose of The DAISY Award.”
More information is available at https://daisyfoundation.org/.
