Chesapeake Regional Medical Center nurse retires after 42 years [Video]

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake Regional Medical Center recently bid farewell to one of its longest-serving nurses. Cheryl LaClair retired from nursing in September after a career that spanned more than four decades. 

Looking back, LaClair said it’s sometimes hard to believe she spent that many years on the job.

“You don’t do the same thing every day, but you do very similar things every day,” she said. “And one day leads right into the next.”

She witnessed firsthand the hospital’s evolution into what it is today. However, her recollection of her tenure is simple and modest.

“I did my job,” LaClair said. “I hope I did it well.”

Her job began at a small hospital in Pennsylvania, where she worked for two years before moving to Virginia.

LaClair said she interviewed with a couple of …