Stop working holidays. Spend them with your family instead.
The Certified Health Writer Program teaches you to use your clinical knowledge to write for hospitals, health brands, and consumer publications so you can own your schedule and reclaim your life.
Built by a nurse who's done this for 15 years and taught 4,000 other nurses to do it, too.
Once, the work made sense.
Once, the work made sense.
You went into nursing to help people.
Somewhere along the way, the job stopped being about that.
It became charting. It became staffing ratios that jeopardize your license on the regular. It became a body that hurts in places it didn't used to hurt.
It became sacrificing all of your time and energy to the job and squeezing your personal life into the margins between shifts.
If you are burned out, it is not because you stopped caring.
You are burned out because the system asks you to care without giving you anything back.
HERE IS WHAT ALMOST NO ONE TELLS NURSES
Your license gives you freedom.
A nursing salary is one way your license pays you. But that requires adhering to a schedule you did not make, working holidays, and sometimes being forced to work mandatory overtime.
There are other ways to use your license that don't tie you to a job.
An editor at WebMD needs a writer who knows the difference between systolic and diastolic without having to look it up.
A marketing director at a health system needs someone who can write about heart failure without making a clinician wince.
Neither of them is finding those writers easily.
You can earn two to four times your hourly nursing rate writing content non-clinical writers cannot match.
On your own schedule. Often in as few as three hours a day. In your peaceful home office.
The credential travels.
Your expertise turns into income. Your expertise turns into free time. Your expertise creates a life that fits work inside it, rather than the other way around.
And nobody is teaching nurses how to do this except us.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
The Certified Health Writer Program
A four-course professional curriculum that takes you from no writing experience to a working health writer.
It is the only program of its kind built by a nurse, for nurses, awards a total of 66.5 CE, and is structured around how working nurses actually live: self-paced, no deadlines, no group projects, lifetime access.
You finish with three things most nurses never have:
- A second income stream that does not require a single additional shift.
- A professional portfolio of paid or paid-quality writing samples.
- A recognizable credential: Certified Health Writer.
This is a professional development credential that marks completion of a rigorous, accredited curriculum, comparable to credentials like HubSpot Inbound or AMA Digital Marketing — not a clinical certification from a nursing specialty board. Nursing CE accepted in all states except HI, MD, NJ, NY.
THE HONEST VERSION
This is for you if...
- You are an LPN, RN, or APRN who has spent years explaining health concepts to patients in plain language.
- You are tired of trading hours for dollars and ready to learn a skill that pays for the skill itself, not for your time.
- You want a structured plan, not a pile of YouTube videos and vague advice.
- You are willing to put in real work over real weeks. Not because we will pressure you. Because that is what becoming a paid writer actually requires.
- You want a credential you can put behind your name and on your LinkedIn.
This is not for you if...
- You are looking for a side hustle that pays in two weeks. Health writing pays well. It does not pay fast.
- You want someone to do the work for you. We give you the system. You bring the practice.
- You want medical writing for pharma or regulatory writing. We do not teach those. We teach health journalism and health content marketing, the two highest-volume, most accessible branches of the field.
INSIDE THE PROGRAM
Four courses. One clear path.
Health Writing 101: Introduction to Freelance Writing
- Stop wondering what the "business side" actually involves — and set up the handful of operational pieces that let you take on paid work without scrambling.
- Get your first published clips so you have real samples to point clients to, even if you've never been paid to write before.
- Walk away with a repeatable method to find the right companies, introduce yourself, and land your first paying client — the same process behind every paycheck that follows.
Health Writing 201: Fundamentals of Health Journalism and Content Writing
- Send pitches that actually come back with assignments -- not just theory but the real outreach that turns into real work.
- Get your first paid clip -- the proof that you can work both the craft and the process.
- Create a sustainable process for landing repeat work that doesn't depend on going viral, becoming an influencer or living on TikTok.
Health Writing 301: Advanced Health Writing
- Submit five-figure project proposals with confidence — and have the business backbone to deliver on them.
- Expand beyond articles and blog posts into book publishing, content strategy, and other higher-ceiling work — so your income isn't capped by what one editor will pay for one piece.
- Run your business like a pro: keep the clients who pay you well and treat you right, and graciously let go of the rest.
Health Writing 401: Capstone and Certification
- Produce a complete portfolio of the major deliverables editors and content marketing managers buy — feature articles, white papers, case studies, and web pages — so you know exactly how to handle each one when a real assignment lands.
- Master the writing discipline that separates the professionals from the rest — structure, self-editing, ethics, and compliance.
- Finish as a Certified Health Writer — with the credential, the portfolio, and the confidence to charge what your expertise is worth.
THREE THINGS NURSES ASK ME BEFORE THEY ENROLL
And the honest answers
- Can I do this if I've never written professionally / am not a nurse / am Canadian?
Absolutely. Most nurses who enroll in our programs have never written professionally, and we have many Canadians in our programs who freelance for U.S. magazines and companies. And, yes, any clinician is welcome in my program, and it will work for anyone who has ever worked inside healthcare in any capacity. - How long is the course / what is the class schedule?
The beauty of my program is that it's all at your own pace. Take as long as you need. There is no class schedule or anything like that. Many students finish in three months. Others take much longer. It's all up to you. This isn't a sprint. You're not missing out on any opportunities by taking your time to work through everything. - What else besides the program do I need to be successful? What are you going to upsell me into next?
I appreciate skepticism. I am a skeptic myself. But I can assure you my program is entirely complete and self-contained. It delivers absolutely everything you need - and then some - to start, grow, and thrive in a writing business. Also, I have no other courses or products to upsell you into. The Certified Health Writer Program is the only thing I sell.
EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT
What you get when you enroll
- Four full courses. HW101, HW201, HW301, and HW401, each independently worth $895 or more if purchased on its own.
- 75 hours of recorded coaching sessions to answer all your questions
- 66.5 Total CE credits in the program, accepted in all states except HI, MD, NJ, NY.
- Lifetime access to all course materials, including every update we make for as long as the program exists.
- The Certified Health Writer credential
AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY
What you do not get
We are clear about what is in the box. We are also clear about what is not.
No academic calendar. Nothing starts on a date. Nothing ends on a date. You go at the pace your life allows.
No mandatory live attendance. Watch the coaching videos on-demand, whenever it suits you.
No group projects.
No assignment deadlines. The HW401 portfolio assignments are completed when you complete them.
No grading. The only graded items are the CE tests, which are scored automatically. If you want a human to look at your writing, the community is there for it.
No APA style. None. Anywhere.
No grind. No syllabus shock. No professor making you feel like a freshman again at age forty-seven.
Hi, I'm Beth.
I'm a registered nurse who became a full-time freelance health writer because the bedside wasn't going to be sustainable for me, and I suspected my license could open doors outside the hospital that nobody was telling nurses about.
Turns out it could.
For the last fifteen years I've written for WebMD, Verywell Health, PBS NextAvenue, Stanford, Cardinal Health, GE Healthcare, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, among others. I won an Online News Association award in 2010 for my health journalism. I've made a living from this work, and I've helped over four thousand nurses build the same kind of career on their own terms.
I built RN2writer because nobody else was teaching nurses how to do what I figured out the hard way. The Certified Health Writer Program is the curriculum I wish I'd had when I started.
LET US PUT A NUMBER ON IT
What this would cost if you bought it piece by piece?
| HW101: Introduction to Freelance Writing | $895 |
| HW201: Fundamentals of Health Journalism and Content Writing | $895 |
| HW301: Advanced Health Writing | $895 |
| HW401: Capstone and Certification | $895 |
| 75 hours of on-demand group coaching recordings | $3,500 |
| Complimentary private community: the Six-Figure Freelancers Club | $99 |
| TOTAL VALUE | $7,179 |
You pay just $895
THE MATH IS EASY
One assignment can pay for the program. Two comfortably do.
Health writing pays by the assignment.
A blog post for a hospital marketing team? $500.
A consumer magazine article on a new diabetes drug? $1,200.
A white paper explaining a new cardiac monitor to procurement teams? $3,500.
A patient case study for a wound care company? $2,000.
One assignment at the lower end of those numbers covers the program. Two comfortably do.
We are not going to tell you how fast you will get there. People move through this work at different paces, and landing your first client has more to do with your willingness to market yourself than with how fast you finish the courses.
The rates are real. The work is there. The program teaches you the skills the work requires.
ONE LAST THING
Nursing is not limited to the bedside. It never was.
The nurses who write, who teach, who lead, who consult, who advocate, who build small businesses on the side, are not leaving nursing. They are expanding it.
You can do this with no writing experience. Thousands of my students started exactly there.
You can do this on two hours a week. Some of my graduates built six-figure practices on less.
You can do this without quitting your job. Indeed, I recommend it.
What you cannot do is wait for the system to give you what it has not given you in the years you have already worked.
If you don’t enroll today, then next year you will still be a nurse. But you won’t be a nurse writer.
WHAT YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING
- How long does it take to complete the program? That depends entirely on you. Some students finish HW101 in two weeks; others take three months. Some complete the full Certified Health Writer curriculum in six months; others stretch it across a year or more. The program is designed to fit around your life, not the other way around. Lifetime access means you never have to rush, and you never lose access if life pulls you away for a while.
What matters is not how fast you finish. What matters is doing the work in a way that lets you actually retain and apply it.
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How long until I'm making money?
If you're looking to become a millionaire in six weeks, this is not the program for you. Based on real data, the timeline for first paid assignment runs from three months to one year — sometimes longer.The timeline is entirely individual and is based on how much time you can devote to the courses, how well you absorb the lessons, and how willing you are to market your services. What separates the students who land paying work quickly and those who take longer isn't effort or ability. It's simply persistence. - Will I really be able to land paying clients? Yes, if you do the marketing work. The program teaches you how to find, pitch, and price work. Landing your first client depends more on your willingness to put yourself out there than on anything else.
- Do I need to leave my nursing job to do this? No. We recommend keeping your nursing income while you build your writing income. Most of our students start as side hustles and decide later whether to scale up.
- What kind of writing is this, exactly? Health journalism (articles for publications like consumer health magazines and trade journals) and health content marketing (blog posts, white papers, case studies for healthcare companies). We do not teach medical writing, regulatory writing, or pharma writing.
- Is the credential recognized? The Certified Health Writer credential is a professional development designation issued by RN2writer. It is comparable to credentials like HubSpot Inbound or AMA Digital Marketing — a signal that you have completed a structured, accredited program in your field. It is not a clinical certification from a nursing specialty board.
- What happens after I enroll? You receive immediate access to all four courses, all bonus trainings, the community, and the coaching recordings. You can start with HW101 or jump to whichever course fits where you are. There are no scheduled start dates and no required pace.
YOUR ENROLLMENT, PROTECTED
Lifetime access to every course and update. CE credits accepted in 46 states. Secure checkout via Stripe, Apple Pay, and Google Payments.
A NOTE ON REFUNDS
If you've found this page, you've probably read my newsletter, heard me on a podcast, watched The RN2writer Show, or been pointed here by a nurse who took the program. You arrived with some sense of who I am.
So I'm going to be honest with you.
I used to offer refunds. For the first four years of this business, I offered a full satisfaction guarantee.
During those four years not a single person ever complained about the quality of the course. I never received one refund request because someone was dissatisfied with the product.
What I did receive were refund requests from people who had no intention of ever starting the course. They purchased because clicking that buy button gave them a little hit of dopamine in the moment to relieve some kind of stress. And then - six months, a year later - decided they really needed their money back.
So I stopped offering refunds. Because I'm a one-woman operation, and my cash flow doesn't respond well to non-serious people deciding long after the purchase that they don't want the course.
My course is for nurses and other professionals who are serious about starting a freelance writing business. If you're not sure yet, then I advise you not to buy. A better course of action would be to subscribe to my newsletter and receive my free Paid-to-Write Protocol because that will help you decide if freelance writing is right for you.
Thank you for checking out my program. I hope you buy it, dive in, and discover what a wonderful business freelance writing is for nurses.
— Beth
