An operating room nurse at Jefferson Surgery Center - Washington Township (N.J.) participated in a ceremony honoring American veterans March 12.
Three highlights:
1. Carlos Vascos, BSN, RN, chairs the township's Veterans Affairs Committee. To honor American prisoners of war and service members missing in action, the committee presented a commemorative chair at the township's municipal building.
2. Mr. Vascos is chairperson of Jefferson Surgery Center's Nursing Unit Council, as well as an infusion nurse for a home care company. He served as a Corpsman in the U.S. Navy.
3. He graduated from the Helene Fuld School of Nursing in New York City and the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing in Trenton, N.J.