Community Health Nurses' Knowledge and Perceptions of AI in Canada: National Cross-Sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to expand into nursing and health care. Many examples of AI applications driven by machine or deep learning are in use. Examples include wearable devices or alerts for risk prediction. AI tends to be promoted by nonnurses, creating a risk that AI is not designed to best serve registered nurses. Community health nurses (CHNs) are a small but essential group. CHNs' familiarity with AI and their perceptions about its effect on their practice are unknown.

Objective

The research aims to understand CHNs' awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of AI in practice and gain insights to better involve them in AI.

Methods

An online cross-sectional Canadian survey targeting CHNs was conducted from April to July 2023. Descriptive stat

SUBMITTER: Henderson Betkus M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12829900 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature