Renée Hewitt

Renée is Editorial Director of Nurse Approved and a healthcare storytelling pro who’s spent decades turning complex topics into compelling reads. She leads the platform’s editorial vision, championing nurses through trusted journalism, expert insights, and community-driven stories. When she’s not shaping content strategy, she’s the co-founder of IntoBirds, proving her advocacy extends well beyond humans.

A New Behavioral Health Framework Could Change How Nurses Measure Patient Recovery

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes A new behavioral health framework being developed for potential 2027 pilot programs would use real-time measures of patient recovery to...

Two Women, Two Paths to Breast Cancer in Their 30s

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Tara Piantadosi was 32 when she had a mammogram. The Hackensack University Medical Center dietitian had learned that her mother’s breast...

She Left Birth Work Behind. She Didn’t Leave Midwifery

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes For years, Sarah Stetina, MSN, CNM, APRN-FPA, MSCP, of Good Energy Women’s Health, built a career many nurses picture when...

Was the Patient Really Ready to Leave the ICU? A New Discharge Check Changed the Answer

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes A standardized check before patients leave the intensive care unit may help clinicians identify those not ready to step down...

She Didn’t See Hispanic Nurses in Leadership. Now She Leads a National Nursing Organization

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes When Grace Grau, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, AACC, FAAN, entered nursing in the mid-1980s, she does not remember seeing Hispanic nurses...

Draft Plan Could End Weekly COVID, Flu and RSV Reporting From Nursing Homes

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Nursing homes could soon be relieved of a federal requirement to report weekly COVID-19, influenza, and RSV cases among residents,...

Their Son Was in the NICU. Now NFL Star Travis Hunter and His Wife Are Thanking Nurses

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Just days before the Jacksonville Jaguars opened their 2026 NFL season, Jaguars star Travis Hunter and his wife, Leanna, turned...

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