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Meet...Maureen Name: Maureen V. Decker. Department: Clinical services nurse manager on 7W: Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery. How long at MUSC: On and off for 16 years.  I started at MUSC as a new graduate in 1986. Continuing Education: Graduate student in the Nursing Systems Management Program. Family: My husband of nine years, Allen. Favorite TV show: Third Watch. Favorite professor or class: Reserve comment until after graduation. Favorite book: Any book by John Grisham. Ingredient you must have in your refrigerator: Real Vermont cheddar cheese. Fondest childhood memory: A 1973 family vacation to Myrtle Beach. Thirteen hours with nine people in a station wagon. Need I say more! Bad habit: Chewing gum. Pet peeves: When people throw cigarette butts out the car window and people who speed through school zones. Biggest personal challenge: Staying on a healthy diet. Your idea of a perfect vacation: Lying on the beach in the Carribean without a telephone or T.V.  If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would you be: The president of the United States. Memorable or latest trip: Ireland in 1997. Guests at fantasy dinner: My four grandparents and my husband's four grandparents.  Personality trait you admire in others: Wittiness. If you suddenly had a free day, what would you do: Sleep. Something people don’t know about you:  I have five brothers and one sister. Words of advice:  Choose your attitude.