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.

Australia Tested a New Way to Expand Who Can Help Deliver Diabetes Care

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As healthcare systems look for ways to meet growing demand for diabetes care, an Australian program is testing whether more...

Her Rural Hospital Closed Labor and Delivery. This Nurse Built a Way to Keep Patients From Falling Through the Cracks

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes When the rural California hospital where Melissa Mora, MSN, RNC-OB, NI-BC, worked stopped providing labor and delivery services, pregnant patients...

A Photo of an ECG Could Help Detect a Deadly, Often-Missed Heart Disease

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes A photo of a routine electrocardiogram may contain enough information for artificial intelligence to flag patients at risk for a...

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...

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