It's a beautiful thing when you can mix a career with your passion. That rings true for Harbour's Edge nurse LaRet Harvey. Last year, LaRet beat out dozens of other nurses to win a national award, and now holds the title as Nurse of the Year.
LaRet comes from a long line of nurse, including her mother, who she says brought her up to show love and compassion for others. It was a trait she learned at a young age. Another family member who wasn't a registered nurse - her aunt - was also a big inspiration.
Around six years ago, LaRet found herself as a single mother of four children. She was on the brink of losing her aunt, whom she loved dearly. Before her aunt died, she made a promise to return to school and better her life, and she stuck with that promise.
After earning a bachelor's degree in nursing, LaRet followed in her mother's footsteps to become a nurse at a senior living community. Harbour's Edge, in Delray Beach, welcomed her with open arms.
LaRet says there's a sense of love at a senior living community like Harbour's Edge that you can't find anywhere else. That loves spreads to her co-workers, who say her kindness and caring demeanor led them to vote her at Nurse of the Year at Harbour's Edge. The good news didn't stop there. Months later, she won the national Nurse of the Year award for Lifespace Communities. That's the community that owns Harbour's Edge and 11 other senior living communities around the country.
LaRet's ambitions continue, as she's now working on a master's degree, in hopes she'll be able to teach future nurses the compassion she learned from her own mother. So far, she's already inspired two of her own children to become nurses.
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