AI and the Nursing Voice: Participating in Clinical AI Decisions
Nurses are the largest professional group and the least consulted on clinical AI.
Program overview
Survey evidence from 2026 shows nurses use clinical AI substantially less than physicians and are far more likely to say their views are never reflected in decisions about it — despite being the group whose workflow AI most often reshapes. This course is written to change that. It covers where AI touches nursing work specifically, how to evaluate whether a proposed tool will help or add burden, how to articulate a workflow objection in terms procurement will hear, and how to participate credibly in evaluation and implementation groups. Practical, direct, and unapologetically written from the nursing standpoint.
Why this program
Written from the nursing standpoint
Addresses documented exclusion from AI decisions
Teaches how to argue a workflow case credibly
Focused on participation, not just awareness
Who it is for
Program objectives
- Identify where clinical AI intersects with nursing workflow
- Evaluate whether a proposed tool reduces or adds documentation burden
- Articulate a workflow concern in terms decision-makers act on
- Participate credibly in an AI evaluation or implementation group
- Recognise when an AI tool is reshaping scope of practice
- Advocate for nursing representation in AI governance
Learning outcomes
- Identify the nursing workflow effects of a described AI deployment
- Evaluate a proposed tool for net effect on documentation burden
- Construct a workflow objection framed for procurement decision-makers
- Differentiate a training problem from a design problem in a described rollout
- Recommend nursing representation appropriate to a governance structure
- Assess a described tool for scope-of-practice implications
Curriculum
Module 1: Where AI Meets Nursing Work
1 lessonsWhere AI Meets Nursing WorkPreview
Documentation, triage, early warning, staffing and handover.
Module 2: Burden or Relief?
1 lessons- Burden or Relief?
Module 3: Making the Workflow Case
1 lessons- Making the Workflow Case
Module 4: Sitting at the Table
1 lessons- Sitting at the Table
Module 5: Scope and Professional Judgement
1 lessons- Scope and Professional Judgement
Duration and structure
5 lessons across 5 modules. Duration is expressed in study hours.
What you receive
This certificate confirms completion of AI and the Nursing Voice: Participating in Clinical AI Decisions. Duration is expressed in study hours.
Delivery format
- Self-paced — start any time.
- Study on any device.
- Lifetime access to the version you enrolled in.