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Accountable use
Using AI doesn't change who is responsible for care. This section brings together what nurses, students and educators need to know about accountability — from the NMC Code and global nursing ethics to NHS clinical safety and the EU AI Act.
Ten Guardrails for Nurses
Practical rules of thumb mapped directly to the NMC Code—covering purpose, identity protection, human decision-making, omissions, equity, and candour.
Governance, Safety & EU AI Act
How NHS DCB0129/DCB0160, UK GDPR & DUAA 2025, MHRA medical devices, and the EU AI Act (Articles 4, 5, 14, 50 & NI Windsor Framework) fit together.
Ethics, Judgement & Sustainability
WHO, ICN & ANA nursing ethics, avoiding the “moral crumple zone”, protecting clinical reasoning from cognitive offloading, and Greener NHS Net Zero habits.
Interactive Safe-Use Checklist
Run a quick pre-flight and post-output safety check before using any AI tool in care, teaching, or study.
Complete guide to accountable use
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| The NMC Code review and AI | What applies now, what the NMC is proposing and how to take part |
| Guardrails for nurses | Ten NCD guardrails for any use of AI in care or education |
| Governance, safety and the EU AI Act | NHS DCB0129/0160, UK GDPR/DUAA 2025, MHRA medical devices, and EU AI Act literacy & high-risk rules |
| Ethics, sustainability and judgement | WHO/ICN/ANA ethics, avoiding the "moral crumple zone", cognitive offloading and Greener NHS sustainability |
| AI scribes on placement | Ambient voice technology and what students and supervisors should and shouldn't do |
| Safe use checklist | An interactive checklist to run before and after you use AI |
| Policy builder | A tool to draft a local AI use statement for a module or team |
| Comparing AI platforms | Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, NotebookLM and Perplexity compared for nursing |