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Renée Schutze serves as Assistant Professor in the Nursing Department at Saint Mary's College, bringing extensive clinical expertise in perinatal nursing and a deep institutional connection as both alumna and educator. Her career exemplifies the college's mission of empowering students to become community change agents through a supportive academic environment.
Her educational background includes:
- DNP from Saint Mary's College
- BSN from Saint Mary's College
Dr. Schutze's research centers on critical maternal-infant health challenges, specifically investigating health outcomes linked to maternal substance use disorder and systemic health disparities. Her RNC-OB certification in perinatal nursing directly informs her clinical practice and teaching of courses like NURS 522 - Perinatal Nursing, where she integrates real-world expertise with academic rigor.
Professionally, she maintains dual roles as Registered Nurse at Saint Mary's College Health & Counseling Center (February 2023–present) and former Childbirth Unit staff (2009–2023), where she progressed from RN to Nurse Educator. Her teaching journey spans adjunct clinical/laboratory instruction (2013–2020) to her current faculty position.
She actively contributes to professional discourse through memberships in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).
