Book Signing: Nursing Novellas Open House August 14, 2 – 5 pm (Readings from both novellas will take place at 2:30, 3:30, and 4:30 pm) Southern Regional AHEC Fayetteville, NC For more information: http://www.southernregionalahec.org/professionals/pdf/AHECopenhouse.pdf

Book Signing: North Carolina Nurses Association Nurses Transforming Nursing Forum Summer Summit August 26 Fayetteville, NC For more information: http://www.ncnurses.org/forums_transforming_nursing.asp

Book Signing: 5th Annual South Eastern Nursing Staff Education Symposium November 7, 2009 Myrtle Beach, SC For more information: http://www.southernregionalahec.org/professionals/pdf/Senses2009.pdf

Presentation by Amy Glenn Vega: Using Stories to Teach Carolinas Society for Health Care Education and Training Annual Conference April 28, 2010 For more information: http://www.CSHET.org

Presentation by Amy Glenn Vega: Using Stories to Teach TNT Texas/University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio Health Education and Training Teleconference Series August 19, 2010 For more information: http://ims.uthscsa.edu/training/ce.aspx#top

Amy Glenn Vega has been invited to speak at the Carolinas Society for Health Care Education and Training (CSHET) Annual Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC, April 28,29,30. If you are attending, please stop by and get your Nursing Novellas signed at the Pritchett & Hull booth.

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Amy Vega will attend and teach a class on using Nursing Novellas to teach at the HCEA Conference 2009 in Asheville, NC, October 7-9, 2009. October 7 – 9, 2009 Asheville, NC For more information, visit: www.hcea-info.org

I’ve always enjoyed stories – reading, writing, and sharing them with others.  Using a story is a very powerful way to share information and ideas.  As children, we were conditioned to learn from stories.  Every fairy tale and fable that our parents and teachers shared with us had some kind of lesson or moral that we took away.  As we get older, the stories seem to disappear from our educational experiences,...

The Velveteen Rabbit has always been my favorite story, and I still get teary if I so much as see the cover of the book.  As a child, I had severe asthma and allergies, and my doctor told my mother to take all of my stuffed animals away to remove any allergens from my environment that might be causing my asthma to get worse.  I could really relate to how the little boy felt when his velveteen rabbit was taken away to...