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.

Nurses Must Be at the Policy Table to Fix the Workforce Crisis

The nursing workforce crisis continues to strain healthcare, with a focus on shortages, burnout, and retention. Yet current solutions overlook a critical factor: nurses must...

Nursing Workforce Crisis: Minority Nurses Face an Added Burden

As the nursing workforce crisis grips healthcare systems nationwide, most attention remains fixed on staffing shortages, burnout, and retention issues—yet these are only part...

How Nurses Raised $80,000 to Help Colleagues Earn Nursing Degrees

At Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland, nurses have spent over a decade supporting one another through a grassroots scholarship called...

“Some Communities Don’t Have Bootstraps.” The Reality Behind Nursing Shortages

As the nursing workforce crisis deepens, healthcare leaders continue to focus on staffing shortages, burnout, and retention. However, those strategies overlook a critical reality. According to...

ANA Leader: Nursing Workforce Crisis is a System Failure, Not Burnout

As the nursing workforce crisis intensifies, hospitals across the country grapple with staffing shortages and rising patient acuity, a familiar narrative continues to dominate...

Heart Transplant Recipient Becomes ER Nurse, Giving Back After Life-Saving Donation

At age one, Max Oertling received a heart transplant. Now 28, he is an emergency room nurse at University Medical Center New Orleans, caring...

AI Can Spot ADHD Risk Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds

Artificial intelligence can help clinicians spot children at risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) much earlier, a new study suggests. By analyzing data collected during...

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