Newswise — Molly Hewitt, MSN, APN, has been accepted into the founding class of the Illinois Nursing Leader Fellowship Program. This program is designed to bring together nurse professionals from diverse practices and educational environments to build leadership competencies and skills for the profession.
The Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders administers the Illinois Nursing Leader Fellowship. All candidates for the fellowship are nominated by the chief nursing officer of their organization. Through the program, fellows develop a leadership project to carry out in their workplace. They also agree to serve as mentors to new participants of future programs.
“I was honored to be accepted into the first class of Illinois Nursing Leadership Fellows,” Hewitt said. “I look forward to working with my colleagues in this program to advance the profession of nursing in Illinois.”
Hewitt is an instructor and lab coordinator at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Prior to this, she was a nurse at the Loyola Center for Health at Homer Glen. Hewitt earned her Master of Science in nursing from Loyola University Chicago. She also completed Loyola’s program to become an adult nurse practitioner with a cardiovascular subspecialty in 2011.
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