2012 Founders Award Winner

Margaret is a Pediatric Surgical Nurse Practitioner at the American Family Children’s Hospital/ University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin.

Muggs has been with the pediatric surgical service at the American Family Children’s Hospital since 1999. Her colleague and nominator Dr. Dennis Lund said, “Muggs and I developed pediatric surgery at University of Wisconsin from scratch.” The other colleagues who nominated Muggs for this honor called her a mentor, a true advocate who works tirelessly for her patients and an amazing friend and woman. Muggs has been a member of APSNA for 13 years and served as President from 2009-2010. Muggs is currently very active in the Legislative Special Interest Group, serving as the Chairperson. She is also a delegate the Institute of Pediatric Nursing conferences, most recently in November 2011 in Washington, DC.