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.

The Unseen Shifts: Nurses Solving the Problems Healthcare Misses

As healthcare systems work to address the nursing workforce crisis, efforts often focus on staffing shortages, burnout, and retention. These approaches often fail to reflect...

This Mother’s Day, Two Sisters Return to the ICU That Changed Their Family

For Connie Ortiz, nursing has never simply been a profession. Over more than two decades as a nurse leader—now serving as a perioperative director...

The Nursing Workforce Crisis Starts in the Classroom

As the nursing workforce crisis continues to challenge healthcare systems nationwide, with recent reports showing thousands of unfilled nursing positions and high burnout rates,...

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...

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