Health content you can trust, from someone who's lived the clinical side
I’m Jenna Congdon, a Registered Nurse with 11 years of experience, and a health writer for organizations who need clinical content that's both relatable and reliable. I started writing professionally in 2025, after years of translating complex clinical information for patients, families, and colleagues at the bedside.
Why a nurse, writing?
In the ICU, information arrives from every direction at once — vitals, labs, physician orders, family updates — and I have to make sense of it fast enough to act, get it right the first time, and then explain it to whoever needs to understand it next.
With writing, the underlying task is the same: take in a large amount of complex information, understand it, then turn it into exactly what the next person needs, in language they can use. The stakes are different, but the skillset is the same one I built at the bedside.
Bottom line: I write from clinical experience, for readers ranging from patients to healthcare professionals to the organizations trying to reach them.
How I approach the work
Health writing carries real responsibility. Done well, it helps people understand their care, make better decisions about their health, and trust what they're reading. Done poorly, it can confuse, mislead, or cause harm.
I take that responsibility seriously. Getting it right the first time isn't something I aim for on a good day. It's the baseline I hold myself to on every project, because there's no version of this job where mostly accurate is good enough. Every piece I write is grounded in thorough research, double-checked for clinical accuracy, and written to be understood.
“Your professionalism, writing skills, and quick turnaround made such a difference for The Sassy Carmen Foundation. I truly appreciate the care and insight you brought to this important topic".
— Laura Thomas, Founder & CEO of The Sassy Carmen Foundation
A little more about me…
When I'm not writing, I'm picking up shifts in the ICU, partly because I love the work, and partly because it keeps my clinical knowledge current.
If I’m nowhere to be found at the hospital or at my desk, chances are I’m traveling. I'll take almost any excuse to get somewhere new! Closer to home, I'm a dedicated gym-goer, runner, and hiker. I'm also a Certified Nutrition Coach, which explains why "wellness" keeps showing up in what I choose to write about.
If I had to sum it up: I'm someone who gets restless without a project to get my teeth into, whether that's a new place to visit, a new skill to pick up, or a piece of writing to get just right.
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FAQs
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Not necessarily, but working with a writer who has direct clinical experience reduces the risk of subtle (or not so subtle) errors that a non-clinical writer or editor might miss. Working with a nurse writer means you get content you can trust to be clinically accurate, without needing a clinician to write or check it themselves.
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Every piece goes through a thorough research process, and every claim is checked against my own hands-on experience and current medical understanding before it's submitted. Health content should work for the person reading it, so I write using inclusive, accessible language as a standard. And, because health writing is never JUST about getting the facts right, I aim for content that's also relatable and engaging to read.
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Consumer health and wellness publications, academic and professional journals, patient advocacy organizations, and medical communications agencies all commission this kind of work, for content ranging from public-facing articles to internal white papers and clinical summaries.
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You reach out with the project details, then we schedule a call to nail down exactly what you need. From there, I research, interview where needed, and write a first draft grounded in both the source material and my own clinical background. You'll typically need minimal revisions from there, but we'll work through any edits together until the piece is ready to publish.
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Pricing is typically project-based, depending on factors like length, complexity, research required, and turnaround time. Get in touch with your project details for a custom quote.
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Turnaround depends on the scope and complexity of the piece, but reliability on deadline is a core part of how I work. Projects are always delivered on schedule.
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Clinical content review is a medical accuracy check on existing health content, confirming that it's clinically correct, appropriately worded, and consistent with current medical understanding. The focus is on whether the medical content is accurate, not just whether the writing reads well. It’s that final once-over from a clinically-minded point of view that ensures your published pieces are reliable and informed.
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Complex clinical information doesn't have to stay complicated. Whatever the source material, there's a clear, accurate, human version of it underneath. Finding that version is what I mean by finding the bright side. The name is also a reminder to look on the bright side — as corny as that sounds, it’s a relevant reminder in today’s world. Plus, I love anywhere sunny and tropical, so I thought I’d add a little sunshine to my business name.
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My areas of expertise are neuroscience and brain health, critical care nursing, digital health and health innovation, and health equity and access. I also write regularly on wellness and nutrition topics, as a Certified Nutrition Coach. That said, clinical fluency travels across topics, so if your project falls outside these areas, it's still worth a conversation.
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I have a B.S. in Spanish and a B.S. in Nursing. I hold both a compact RN license and a California RN license, and I’m a Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN). I also have a nutrition coaching certification from Precision Nutrition. I’m a professional member of the Association of Healthcare Journalists.