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.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Sometimes you fly and sometimes you just sit and say...HMMMMM?

Well, sometimes you feel that everything that you touch is just SUPER! Then you get brought back to earth. That is my AHAA moment today. Somebody wrote to me and said, I am trying to sign on but can't. That one email put us on a problem finding trek, and AHAAA we found a major problem. It has a temporary fix at this moment, but will be solidly fixed in the future. So Sign On and see how things work...and please if things aren't working let us know. We cannot meet our goals if we do not get feedback. As much as many of you had problems signing on, my computer let me sign on. That probably has to do with my computer and settings that I have established with the website. Never be timid about letting us know.

I know we are going to have a few growing pains. At this point, we are trying to revamp newnursetutor to incorporate it into freenursetutor. With growth comes issues that need to be confronted. We need people to let us know what is good and what is an issue. We have coders that are working with us to accomplish our ultimate goal. I hope that we can get more people to participate with us to help grow a site that could change the way we approach nursing education. There is power in numbers, I do believe. I think that what nursing educators do has an enormous effect on so many, and we will never know the true magnitude of our educational efforts. Why not make this branch of education a solid force. That is my goal, and I hope that others will join me, or at least benefit from our efforts. So jump in the water is fine...and keep us aware!
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  1. NikkiFebruary 13, 2010 at 11:46 PM

    So true. The amount that nursing educators impact, well, everyone is incredible. It's not just the students who you impact but the patients that every student touches for the rest of their lives.

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