Cindy Tew, RN, CRRN, MSN
VP, Nursing Operations
Cindy joined Ernest Health in 2007 as a clinical nurse specialist. With more than 30 years of experience in healthcare leadership, she currently oversees Ernest Health’s nursing departments, food services, program development for wound programs, and disease-specific certifications.
Cindy is an active member of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and is the provider liaison to the board. She also is a national speaker for the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses and the National Association of Long-Term Hospitals.
One of Cindy’s favorite quotes is from Florence Nightengale, “Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses. We must be learning all of our lives.”
Cindy earned a master’s degree in nursing from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
When not working, you can often find Cindy by the water at a lake in Michigan or at a beach in Southern California, where she spends her time between her two sons and their families.
Recognized Nationally
Ernest Health’s rehabilitation hospitals have been ranked by Netsmart Technologies, Inc., the administrator of the world’s largest database for rehabilitation outcomes. Netsmart uses a program evaluation model (PEM) to determine the rankings, which includes a case-mix and severity-adjusted tool, providing facilities with a composite performance score and percentile ranking drawn from more than 80 percent of inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the country. Each hospital follows a patient-centric model, incorporating advanced rehabilitation techniques and technology to achieve clinical outcomes that exceed industry standards.
America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care
For the second consecutive year, Ernest Health has been named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. The 2026 ranking is based on an independent study of more than 400,000 reviews from more than 100,000 health care employees, evaluating factors such as leadership, integrity, compensation and work-life balance.
This recognition belongs to our team members, the passionate patient caregivers whose dedication shapes the care we provide in every community we serve.
