Take It to Heart: Screenings & Information at the Ocean County Library Stafford Branch

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP – Your heart has a finite number of beats and there’s no way to know which one is the last. But by taking good care of it, your life expectancy can increase. Take part in “Wellness Screenings, All About Your Heart and All About Your Heart Medications” at the Ocean County Library Stafford Branch, 10 AM Wednesday, July 24.

Come for the screenings and feel free to stay for the informative lectures in this innovative two-hour, three-part program in partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health. Learn how to keep your heart its healthiest, discover heart disease risk factors and warning signs, and more.

Wellness screenings begin at 10 AM for blood pressure, pulse, cholesterol and glucose levels, body mass index, and stroke risk. All screenings will be performed by certified health care professionals including nurses, licensed practical nurses and registered vascular technicians.

The presentations include:

• “All About Your Heart” with Debra Shar, RN, BSN, 10:30 AM
• “All About Your Heart Medications” with Lucrecia Campisi, Supervisor for HMH Population Health Network and Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Coordinator and Sandy Khalia, Clinicap Pharmacist Population Health, Corporae Care Management, 11 AM
• Questions and answers – 11:30 AM

Please register at https://tinyurl.com/OclHMHHeart for this free program. For more information, stop by the OCL Stafford Branch, 129 North Main Street, Manahawkin, call (609) 597-3381 or visit the Library’s online Calendar of Events.

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