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.

ACOG Breaks From Federal Vaccine Recommendations With New Maternal Immunization Schedule

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has released a new maternal immunization schedule for 2026. Endorsed by nurse...

The Only Wound Care Specialist on the Team: A Nurse Practitioner’s Mission to Gaza

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes As healthcare systems around the world continue responding to the humanitarian fallout from the war in Gaza, one nurse practitioner...

AACN Challenges Federal Student Loan Rule That Could Threaten the Future Nursing Workforce

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes A federal student aid rule could have significant implications for graduate nursing education and the future supply of advanced practice...

Experimental CAR T Therapy Helps “Impossible-to-Match” Kidney Patients Receive Transplants

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes A groundbreaking clinical trial has demonstrated that CAR T-cell therapy may offer new hope for some of the most difficult...

She Left Nursing Class for Chemotherapy. Now She’s Graduated From NYU

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes For the past two years, Jasmin Lecadre would finish classes at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and head straight...

Dietitian-Led Feeding Tube Program Cuts Pneumonia and Saves Nursing Hours

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes A Virginia health system’s dietitian-led program using electromagnetic feeding tube placement reduced ventilator-associated pneumonia by 67% and saved 350 nursing...

The Public Trusts Nurses. It’s Time More Nurses Used Their Voice

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Recent headlines involving veteran broadcast journalist Scott Pelley and CBS News have sparked renewed discussion about journalistic independence, public trust,...

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