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1. What AI actually does
AI predicts plausible next words—not clinical truth. It can sound fluent and authoritative while being completely wrong.
2. Your red line
Never enter anything that could identify a patient, family member, or colleague into a public or personal AI tool.
3. Your accountability
Whatever AI drafts becomes your professional work the moment you use it. The NMC Code applies in full.
Choose your path
Pathway 1 · Bedside & Community
Clinical Care & Practice
See where AI can help—and where it can harm—at each stage of care.
Pathway 2 · Governance & Red Lines
Safety, Ethics & Platforms
Check whether a tool is safe, compare platforms, and follow UK/EU governance.
Pathway 3 · Education & Innovation
Teaching, Learning & Building
Integrate AI literacy into curricula, practise error-spotting, or take free courses.
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1. What is your primary role in nursing?
Five things to know
Read the five principles (2 minutes)
- AI predicts plausible text, not truth. It can be fluent and wrong at the same time. See AI basics for nurses.
- Use approved tools only. Your organisation or university decides which tools are safe for which purposes. A personal account on a public tool is not approved for patient information.
- Protect people's information. Never enter anything that could identify a patient, family member or colleague into a tool that isn't approved for it. Removing names isn't always enough.
- You stay accountable. Whatever AI drafts becomes your work when you use it. The current NMC Code applies in full. See The NMC Code review and AI.
- Check with the three lenses. Before acting on AI output, ask whether it centres the person, whether it is right in every sense, and whether you are experienced enough to judge it. See Nursing lenses.
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| If you want to... | Go to |
|---|---|
| Understand how AI fits each stage of care | AI through the nursing process |
| Understand how AI can widen inequalities | Equity and AI |
| Use voice, images, video or accessible formats | Beyond text |
| See how AI applies in your field of nursing | Fields of nursing |
| Use Microsoft Copilot at work | Microsoft Copilot for nurses |
| Decide whether a tool is right for a task | Can I use this tool for this? |
| Practise checking AI output | Spot the error |
| Check a planned use of AI is safe | Safe use checklist |
| Use AI with a team or service | Changing practice together |
| Teach or supervise | Teaching and learning |
| Build your own simple tools | Build with AI |
| Install the toolkit on your phone, and use it offline | Install the app |
| Keep learning with other nurses | Networks and communities |
| Compare AI tools | Tool comparison |
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