Building an AI-Informed Nursing Workforce: Strategies for Educational Transformation

As healthcare evolves with rapid technological advancements, nurses must be prepared to thrive in digitally enhanced environments. This session explores how nursing leaders can embed AI competencies across the nursing continuum, from education to clinical practice, ensuring workforce readiness for the future. Using Patricia Benner's Novice to Expert Theory as a framework, the session examines how AI and digital literacy skills can be introduced and developed at each stage of a nurse's professional journey. Discussion includes strategies for supporting the transition from classroom learning to real-world application, ensuring new graduates demonstrate confidence and competency using AI tools in clinical settings, and the importance of upskilling the current nursing workforce through continuous professional development and interdisciplinary collaboration with technology, data science, and clinical experts.