Nominations for Best Nursing Websites Open!

Online, May 17, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The competition, sponsored by Online College Guru, an online college directory, includes the work of students seeking their online nursing degrees.Those who want to nominate their favorites can find instructions and links at: http://tinyurl.com/nursingwebawards

The categories:

Best Nursing Blog of 2010

Best New Nursing blog of 2010

Best/Influential Post of 2009-2010

Top Nursing Twitterer of 2010

Most Useful Nursing Website of 2010

Most Useful Web/Mobile Tool for Nurses of 2010

Nominations will close at midnight GMT, Sunday, May 23rd.

Votes on the nominees will begin at midnight May 25th, and the polls will close at midnight May 31st. A second round of polls will be scheduled among the finalists with the top vote tallies.

Winners and runners-up in Best Nursing Blog, New Nursing Blog and Influential Post will receive Kiva gift certificates; winners can choose either to redeem them or donate them to the poor. The awards:

First place, $150 certificate.

First runner-up, $75 certificate.

Second runner up, $25 certificate.

Kiva is a nonprofit that issues these certificates as a means to provide microloans to needy people around the world. Premal Shah, its president, told the BBC about the mission. "We realise that poverty is everywhere on Earth and now more than ever access to capital is so difficult for small businesses," he said. Those selected in the remaining categories will receive badges that can be displayed on their websites.

About OnlineCollegeGuru.com

OnlineCollegeGuru.com is a Web service that guides students through colleges through which they can earn an online degree. Feng Tien is determined to use their online portal to push the quest for higher education up a notch. "Our goal is to provide the support people require to achieve their educational goals," said Feng Tien, the webmaster of the online portal site.