Nursing leaders object to omission of nurses from administration’s AI plan

The administration’s omission of nursing and healthcare from its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence drew the ire of nursing leaders, who say a lack of federal clinical guidance could lead to patient safety risks and poor AI integration. The framework discusses seven legislative priorities, including child safety and economic competitiveness, but fails to discuss nursing and the broader healthcare workforce despite AI use in hospitals for triage, clinical documentation, staffing and patient monitoring. AONL member Sharon Pappas, PhD, RN, CNE of Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, says adopting AI policies without incorporating nursing’s perspective “may misalign clinical workflows, increasing errors and cognitive burden, and poor adoption.” Without federal guidance, many hospitals are creating governance structures to ensure AI is safe and usable in practice. (Becker’s Hospital Review article, 4/27/26)