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.

Losing an Hour of Sleep? What Nurses Should Know Before Clocks Spring Forward

As Daylight Saving Time begins on March 8, nurses and healthcare professionals face more than a one-hour clock change. The shift can disrupt circadian...

Generational Shifts Are Reshaping the Nursing Workforce. Hospitals Are Struggling to Keep Up

A new national report from Medical Solutions confirms what many nurse leaders are already seeing firsthand: generational differences are reshaping the clinician workforce and...

How Tamie Sturgis, LPN, Transformed a TBI Survivor’s Life and Became a Nurse Approved Healthcare Hero

Healthcare transformation does not always happen inside hospital walls. Sometimes it happens one patient at a time, through sustained commitment that changes a life. For...

An LPN Helped Build a Hospital and End 150 Years Without Care in West Louisville

When Norton West Louisville Hospital opened in late 2024, it ended a 150-year absence of hospital care in Louisville’s majority-Black West End. At the center of that...

How Gyasi Moscou-Jackson is Transforming Healthcare Systems Through Nursing Inquiry

In every hospital, there are nurses who change care one patient at a time. And then there are nurses who change the system itself. Some...

38% Say Doomscrolling Before Bed Is Hurting Their Sleep, New AASM Survey Finds

Many Americans are ending their shifts and their days the same way: scrolling. A new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) finds...

Freedmen’s Hospital Nurses Reunite With Howard University Nursing Leaders at 2026 Opportunity & Impact in Nursing Summit

In downtown Washington, D.C., history did not sit quietly in the audience. It stood, gathered, and reconnected. At the American Nurses Association (ANA) 2026 Opportunity...

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