By Drs. Raga Bjarnadottir and Tamara Macieira Good clinical practice depends on good evidence. But the volume of clinical evidence is enormous and growing at an exponential pace, and it can feel impossible for any one nurse to stay on top of the best available evidence for a given practice…
By Tamara Macieira, PhD, RN Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are entering health care faster than many health systems can adjust clinical workflows or prepare the people expected to use them. For nursing, this transformation raises questions that are both technical and deeply human: Is nursing knowledge adequately represented…
By Raga Bjarnadottir, PhD, MPH International Nurses Day passed on May 12, anchored this year in an International Council of Nurses theme that lands with unusual weight: Our Nurses. Our Future. Empowered Nurses Save Lives. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) names the moment plainly. The world faces…
By Lisiane Pruinelli, PhD, MSc, RN, FAMIA, FAAN Since FloGatorAI’s launch in 2024, we have talked a lot about what artificial intelligence (AI) can do to help nursing and health care. We have explored how it can potentially support clinical decision-making, reduce documentation burden and expand access to knowledge.
By Hwayoung Cho, PhD, RN Have you ever drafted a paragraph for a class assignment, presentation, literature review, patient education handout or research manuscript and then asked an AI tool, “Can you find citations to support this?” That workflow is becoming increasingly common. In the past, many of us…
By Tamara G. R. Macieira, PhD, RN, and Bryce Catarelli, DNP, APRN, FNP-C Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming how care is delivered and experienced. While AI holds tremendous potential to reduce documentation burden and enhance patient-centered care, its integration requires careful consideration of…
By Raga Bjarnadottir, PhD, MPH As our longtime readers know, the FloGatorAI blog releases two seasonal AI Prompt Cookbooks each year. These are intended to be practical guides to help nurses experiment with generative AI (see definition and background in the December 2024 post). But as AI…
By Dr. Lisiane Pruinelli, PhD, MSc, RN, FAMIA, FAAN At the American Medical Informatics Association 2025 Annual Symposium, one message was loud and clear: Artificial Intelligence is not the future; it is now. But how we shape it today will determine whether it serves nurses and patients…
By Hwayoung Cho, PhD, RN Have you ever clicked the wrong button in an electronic health record, hesitated while using a mobile health app, or struggled to find the right field in another clinical system? Or maybe you’ve paused for a moment while programming a smart infusion pump, unsure…
Nurses Are Leading the Conversation on Responsible AI Nurses are natural innovators. They work tirelessly to use the cutting edge of technology for better health outcomes, whether they are supporting individual patient encounters, leading system changes or advancing precision environmental health. But they cannot champion environmental health while ignoring…
