Nurses, Crowdfunding and your dreams!

[Brian, ASN, RN]

Nurses, are you familiar with Crowdfunding? Millions of people have used crowdfunding websites to raise money for an idea, goals or dreams they have.

Here is a short and interesting article that highlights 8 different crowdfunding ideas that nurses have used to fund their dreams. I hope this will inspire you and open your mind to ideas to fund your dreams!

How Nurses Are Using Crowdfunding to Fund Their Dreams

I think we can agree: Nurses rock! Yet so far, very few nurses have tried crowdfunding, which is truly a shame.

Below are 8 successful crowdfunding projects by or about nurses. Let them inspire you to think about how you can use crowdfunding to fund YOUR dreams...

Nurse Wants to Learn Medical Spanish

Two months learning medical Spanish and volunteering as a nurse in Quito, Ecuador.

Raised $4,035 of $3,500 goal

How to Succeed at Birth

When everyday is the happiest day of patients' lives, these nurses strive to find their own happiness, one boring miracle at a time.

Raised $10,135 of $10,000 goal

Nurse Ashia Goes to Haiti

I'm a nurse & want to donate my time & expertise to help better the lives of many. Project Medishare is a nonprofit providing me that opportunity in Haiti.

Raised $980 of $900 goal

Read the full article with links here:

How Nurses Are Using Crowdfunding to Fund Their Dreams

What other crowdfunding ideas have you seen or thought of?

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

I suppose this is NOT the place to say I'm fed up with my Facebook feed filled with people's hands out via GoFundMe?

[Brian, ASN, RN]

I agree, I get tired of seeing the gofundme request, especially when it is just poor planning on someones part. But I'd say that most good crowdfunding efforts are far different. I think that gofundme is more of a fundraiser service vs a crowdfunding like https://www.kickstarter.com/ and https://www.indiegogo.com/

Just my 2 cents.