Meet...Penelope
Name: Penelope
Chase.
Department:
Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Nurse, Clinical Services.
How long at MUSC: Since 1989.
Favorite room in your house: I think I like the deck and screen house best.
Ingredient you must have in your refrigerator: Whole milk for my pot of tea in the morning.
Special place in the world: A mountain top in Tortola (British VirginIslands) where I can look down on little propellor planes and the sea.
Fondest childhood memory: Catching cider in a tiny glass as it flowed from the press into a wooden barrel on our farm.
Bad habit: Interrupting.
Pet peeve: Lack of humor.
Hobbies: T'ai Chi, container gardening, cooking on weekends.
How do you stay fit: Watch what I eat. Walk some mornings.
Most rewarding thing about your job: Supporting and coaching patients and family members with decisions about medical treatment or at the end-of-life.
If you suddenly had a free day, what would you do: Nothing.
Something people don't know about you: I
once quit my head nurse job, moved to the Carribean and lived and sailed
on a beautiful wooden sailboat.
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