About Jewell Nursing Solutions
Healthcare is under pressure – and so are the people within it.
As costs rise and staffing shortages grow, caregivers are being asked to do more with less, while the number of people living with temporary or chronic disability continues to increase.
Too often, the result is preventable patient harm – especially Pressure Injuries – and caregiver burnout. Systems stretched beyond their limits.
At Jewell Nursing Solutions, we exist to change that.
We design practical, evidence-based solutions for the new healthcare economy – solutions that make bedside caregiving safer, more effective, and more humane.
Our focus is simple and critical: preventing pressure injuries before they start and supporting the healing of pressure injuries when they have occured.
Because pressure injuries are not just a clinical problem… they are a healthcare delivery problem – and one we can fix.
Empowering Caregivers. Protecting Patients.
Pressure injuries remain one of the most common, costly, and devastating forms of patient harm – yet they are largely preventable.
The missing piece isn’t compassion or effort. It’s caregivers working as a team with access to the right equipment, techniques, and education they need.
We believe every caregiver — professional or family — deserve tools that actually work, regardless of their level of medical training or care setting.
When caregivers are supported, they can support their patients better. When patients are supported better, outcomes improve. When outcomes improve, Everyone benefits.
It’s time we care for those who care.
Our Story
Jewell Nursing Solutions was founded more than 14 years ago by Gwen Jewell, a Registered Nurse, who saw firsthand the human cost of inadequate pressure relief – and the life-changing difference effective solutions can make.
Alongside a dedicated team of nurses, caregivers, and healthcare advocates, Gwen set out to create pressure-relieving cushions, pillows, and positioning solutions that go beyond theory and guidelines – products that really perform in real-world caregiving environments.
Today, Jewell Nursing Solutions is trusted by hospitals, clinicians, and families across North America to help prevent pressure injuries, support healing, and improve quality of life – so everyone can rest better.
Leadership
Caroline Tudor
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
Caroline Tudor brings entrepreneurial vision and operational excellence to Jewell Nursing Solutions.
In 2008, she purchased and built a new Relax The Back franchise, a store focused on ergonomic and support solutions for back pain prevention and relief. Gwen worked at the store during the day and at night at Sequoia Hospital.
Over the next three years, Caroline grew the business by more than 50% annually, earning the company’s Highest Sales Growth Franchise Award in 2010.
During this time, Caroline and Gwen discovered a shared mission: preventing unnecessary suffering through smarter design and better support systems.
After successfully selling the franchise in 2012, Caroline partnered with Gwen to launch Jewell Nursing Solutions.
Since then, she has grown the company into a $1M per-year enterprise, establishing strategic partnerships with Amazon, Walmart, Vizient, and other major healthcare distributors.
Caroline has also led the expansion of the company’s brand and digital presence, achieving more than 200% year-over-year growth, ensuring Jewell’s Solutions reach caregivers who need them most.
Gwen Jewell, Clinical Nurse II, RN, BSN
Jewell Nursing Solutions Founder & Clinical Director
Gwen Jewell is a Clinical Nurse II and Pressure Injury Prevention Clinical Quality and Performance Improvement Resource Nurse for Sequoia Hospital, A Dignity Health, CommonSpirit Hospital in Northern California. A graduate of San Francisco State University School of Nursing, Gwen has worked at the bedside educating and training nurses, nurses aids and physical therapist on woundcare and pressure injury prevention and healing.
In 2011, while working at Dignity Health’s Sequoia Hospital, she volunteered for the Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer Prevention (HAPU) Team after caring for a patient who suffered several severe – and ultimately fatal – pressure injuries.
That experience became a turning point.
As Gwen studied pressure injuries more deeply, one truth stood out:
The single most important factor in preventing pressure injuries – relieving pressure – is also the most poorly understood and difficult to achieve for caregivers.
Determined to close that gap, Gwen combined clinical nursing expertise with principles from ergonomics, physical therapy, and support technology. Drawing on her experience alongside Caroline at Relax The Back, she began designing better positioning cushions and pillows and developing safer patient-handling techniques.
Today, Gwen educates medical professionals and home caregivers alike, equipping them with better tools, better techniques, and better outcomes – all in service of patient safety, comfort, and dignity.
