Safe use checklist

Before & After AI UseLens: All 3 Nursing LensesCPD & Revalidation Ready

Before You Prompt

Verify tool approval, zero patient identifiers, and that you have formed your own clinical impression first.

After the Output

Check factual accuracy (BNF/NICE), person-centred language, and equity/bias across the 3 lenses.

Portfolio Export

Download a Word record of your completed checks for NMC revalidation, supervision, or student placement portfolios.

Run through this checklist before you use AI for anything that affects care, learning or assessment, and again afterwards. You can download your completed checklist as a Word document for a portfolio or a supervision conversation.

The checklist

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Purpose and permission

I can say what I want AI to help with, and why AI is a good way to do itThe tool is approved by my organisation or university for this purposeI will not enter information that could identify a patient, family member or colleagueI know which stage of the nursing process this use supports

If you can't tick an item, stop and check before going further. See Guardrails for nurses and Nursing lenses.