Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University Healthwise Pharmacy.
Unfortunately, medication errors occur relatively often — and they can harm you and your family. The good news is there are ways to avoid medication errors.
By following these eight safety tips, you can help prevent medication errors at home and keep yourself and your family safe.
1) Ask Questions and Disclose as Much Information as You Can
Bluffton Pediatrics is now open in its new home at 122 N. Jackson St., across from the elementary school.
Beth Bish, APRN-CNP, nurse practitioner, said that the practice saw its first patient at its new location on April 15.
The new location is the former Robert Neff and Associates, architect office. Originally, the building housed the practice of Dr. B.W. Travis, Bluffton general practitioner. In this way, the building has reverted back to a medical building.
By Kathi Dunlap Faith Investment Services
This scenario plays out all over the world, day after day. Things didn’t turn out as you had hoped.
Maybe you tried really hard to master a new skill or information, but didn’t pass the required test.
Maybe you asked a girl out and she turned you down. Maybe you entered a contest for a cruise, but didn’t get chosen.
Maybe you simply wanted to get from the office to your car without papers blowing everywhere. Somewhere along the way, things didn’t turn out as you had hoped.
First National Bank threw a party for itself … and gave presents to two of its special guests.
The party, recognizing its 100th anniversary in community banking, took place in each of the Pandora-based bank branches, including Bluffton.
Celebrating at the Bluffton branch on Friday, the bank gave a $500 donation to each of two Bluffton non-profit organizations: Bluffton Child Development Center and Weekday Release Program, also known at weekday Christian education.
New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, has everything gardeners need for lawns and gardens, according to Laurie Laird of New Leaf.
The Center has a large selection of:
• Nursery stock
• Flowering plants
• Trees and shrubs
• Perennials
• Vegetable seeds and plants
• Garden supplies
• Mulches and soils
Store hours are:
Mondays to Fridays: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sundays: Noon to 4 p.m.
In honor of Community Banking Month, Citizens National Bank offers a “Bank from Anywhere” sweepstakes to its customers through April 30.
Each person who enrolls in a new online or mobile banking product, downloads a CNB CardValet app or enrolls a CNB card in their mobile wallet will be automatically entered to win a grand prize package including a $300 Great Wolf Lodge gift card or 1 of 4 luggage sets.
