Beginner · 4 lessons · about 30 min · free certificate
AI for nurses
A practical course for nurses on using AI for the paperwork around care: handoff outlines, patient-education drafts, shift planning and learning. It never touches clinical decisions and puts patient privacy first.
For: Staff nurses, nursing students, charge nurses and nurse educators who want help with writing and organizing, not with judgment at the bedside.
Start lesson 1When you finish
- You can name which nursing tasks AI can draft, which it can only assist, and which stay fully yours.
- You can use made-up or fully de-identified examples to get a useful draft of an education handout or a handoff outline.
- You can check an AI draft for accuracy, reading level and tone before anyone sees it.
- You can explain why patient details never go into a consumer AI tool unless your employer has approved it.
- You can build a simple 30-day plan to practice AI safely and describe your skills honestly.
Lessons
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- How AI is changing the work of a nurseabout 6 minWhen you finish, you can sort your own tasks into draft-with-AI, assist-with-AI and always-human.
- Your first AI wins: 5 everyday tasksabout 5 minWhen you finish, you can run five safe writing tasks with AI and check each result.
- Guardrails for nursesabout 6 minWhen you finish, you can explain what never goes into an AI tool, how to check output, and when to say no.
- Grow with AI: your 30-day planabout 5 minWhen you finish, you can follow a four-week plan and describe your AI skills honestly.
Final exam and certificate
8 questions. Score 7 or more for a free certificate of completion you can share and add to LinkedIn. Unlimited tries.
Take the final examPrompts you can use today
Copy one, replace the [brackets] with your details, and paste it into the AI tool you use. Leave out anything private.
Plain-language handout draft
Write a one-page handout for adults on [general topic, for example caring for a healing incision at home]. Use a reading level of about grade 6. Use short sentences and headings. Do not give medication doses. End with a short list titled “Call your care team if you notice” that I will fill in myself from our unit’s approved material. Leave placeholders where unit-specific details go.
Handoff outline template
Create a blank shift handoff outline for a [type of unit, for example medical-surgical] nurse. Use headings for situation, background, assessment and open tasks, using the structure our unit prefers. Leave every field empty with a short prompt in brackets. Do not fill in any patient information. I will add details inside our approved system only.
Explain it simply for a family
I will give you a general medical term, not a person’s record. Explain [term] in simple words for a worried family member who has no medical background. Keep it under 150 words, use a calm tone and avoid giving advice about any specific person. Add three questions the family could ask the care team.
Quiz me for my exam
I am studying [topic, for example fluid and electrolyte balance] for my nursing exam. Write 8 practice questions with four answer choices each. After I answer, give a short explanation. Tell me which parts I should double-check in my textbook because you could be wrong.
Email to a manager about staffing concerns
Help me write a calm, respectful email to my nurse manager about [a scheduling or workload concern]. Use only facts I give: [facts without names or patient details]. Keep it under 200 words. Offer one suggestion and ask for a short meeting. Do not sound angry.
Turn my rough notes into a clear policy summary
Here is text from a hospital policy that is safe to share: [paste public or policy text with no patient data]. Summarize it as a checklist of steps for a new nurse. Keep the original wording for any step that involves safety, and mark anything you are unsure about.
In-service presentation outline
I need to teach my unit for 15 minutes about [topic, for example hand hygiene reminders]. Make an outline with an opening question, three main points, one short group activity and a closing recap. Suggest where I should add our hospital’s own policy so I do not rely on your facts.
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