ACN Position Statement: Artificial Intelligence (AI) The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has developed a new Position Statement on Artificial Intelligence (AI). This Position Statement aims to provide nurses with an understanding of the core principles to safely navigate using AI, recognising the pivotal and important role of AI, and acknowledging the role AI will…
On this page: What is artificial intelligence? Historical development of AI in health care Digital health and applications of AI in nursing practice Generative AI in nursing Challenges and considerations What’s on the horizon? What is artificial intelligence? Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think…
Nurses stand to gain a lot from health digitisation, if trained the right way By Jen Bichel-Findlay FACN After having worked in the health care sector for nearly 45 years, I can honestly say that the best time for nurses is now – as health finally becomes digitised. Digital initiatives in health have the potential…
AI has the potential to substantially improve quality of life for the elderly, but not without nurses’ intervention By Dana Dermody MACN The use of technology in aged care is increasing for many reasons. The most significant factor relates to giving older adults a choice on where and how they want to age, but also…
By Dr Ruth de Souza FACN The biggest opportunity that Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents is not the elimination of errors or the streamlining of workload, but paradoxically the return to caring in health (Topol, 2019). In removing the need for health professionals to be brilliant, as machines will be better at diagnosis and other aspects…