I created Freenursetutor.com about five years ago. During that time, I had many instructors send me encouraging emails. Some informed me of errors, some sent suggestions or thanks. My all time favorites were those from students that told me how Freenursetutor helped them in achieving their dream. It was those emails that really made me very happy and gave me the passion to create another site that allows instructors to create their own customized version of the activities on freenursetutor.com.

With that said...this is my new project: Try to offer the same services with no cost to the instructors or students. Now, as I write that I have to gasp. What am I thinking?

My new goal is to put all of my activities on a website and open them for use by others, while trying to create a community of nursing educators who can create, collaborate and share activities. I do not believe that there is anything like this already in existence and if there is it is not free.

As the word spreads, I am hoping that we can grow our numbers of site visits to a point that we can obtain sponsorship from larger institutions and collect donations. Up to this point, I have maintained the site financially with my own funds and with small amounts of time, here and there on a part-time basis. But to grow it with increased activities that are available to all students and to add the ability for others to create custom activities will require increased costs for maintenance, time and effort. I am taking a big breath and jumping in. I am excited and nervous.

Please subscribe to this blog. Keep informed of our progress. We will soon have the ability for instructors to begin creating and organizing activities. Spread the word and join our new movement for innovation in Nursing Education.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

I am a TWITTERER!

I do have to admit, I have not used Twitter before. Now is that a bad thing? I didn't think so, but it sure seems like everybody is doing it! I went on twitter to see if there was a good way to get the word out about our site (I guess that would be tweet, tweet!) I was amazed at the numbers of nurses and nursing students that I found. Unfortunately if they are not followiing me they will not see my posts. So I am trying to figure that one out. If you have a great twitter knowledge or have suggestions of other ways to let people  know about our site, PLEASE let me know.
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2010 at 9:40 AM

    You might try nursingworld.com. I tell my students to read the blogs there. But we use your freenurse tutor.com site, also. Thanks so much for opening this to instructors to work in for their objectives. I will use the new site!! Thanks.

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  2. DianeYeager RNFebruary 1, 2010 at 6:59 PM

    Thank you for your suggestion and words of encouragement!

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  3. NikkiFebruary 13, 2010 at 11:51 PM

    Why didn't you post a link to your Twitter? Go back to this post and link to http://twitter.com/freenursetutor

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