Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed learning, but to what extent? Is AI preventing students from using their creativity and knowledge? Is AI negating the development of scholarly writing skills? Do students understand the academic use of AI and the possibility of generating inaccurate information they may share with others, thinking it “came from the internet,” so it must be correct?
ChatGPT, an AI tool used extensively by college students, was released in November 2022. Multiple other programs have been released in the past two years, and more tools are launched daily. Sadly, many academicians have not embraced AI or developed timely guidelines for its use. Instead, they have created policies prohibiting AI rather than developing methods to teach AIs positive and negative uses.
An issue arising at a large, urban University is a “NO AI” policy in MSN/DNP courses. This has become an issue due to students attending a United States academic center whose primary language is not English. These students have used AI tools to assist in undergraduate coursework and are now entering graduate school with a new “NO AI” policy. A second issue is that students do not understand AI's limitations and assume what is generated is correct, thus promoting the use of false information. Also, there is a lack of knowledge on the part of academicians on how to integrate AI into assignments that produce scholarly works.
Artificial intelligence (AI) impacts how students learn, process, and create assignments, but is AI always correct in providing the knowledge it gives? The purpose of this presentation is to discuss an MSN/DNP leadership course case study assignment in which students use AI to analyze the federal, state, and hospital guidelines and the Nurse Practice Act to determine the case outcomes. The students then developed a group presentation detailing the validity of the AI-generated information.
Many faculty, especially seasoned faculty, need help with change. Some faculty experienced pushback when we moved from students creating medication notecards to the students reviewing the medications on an application on their cell phones. Still, the reality is that AI is not going away. How we use it is essential to the success of the students’ learning and impact on nursing. This session offers practical strategies for leveraging AI to foster academic rigor while preparing nursing students for a technologically driven future.
Notes
References:
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Teaching and Learning Strategies, Curriculum Development, Leadership, Emerging Technologies, Artificial Intelligence
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Somerall, D'Ann Wilson; Hickman, Chris; and Somerall, William E. Jr., "AI: It's Not Going Away! Harnessing AI to Enhance Learning in Nursing Education" (2025). Biennial Convention (CONV). 148.
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AI: It's Not Going Away! Harnessing AI to Enhance Learning in Nursing Education
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed learning, but to what extent? Is AI preventing students from using their creativity and knowledge? Is AI negating the development of scholarly writing skills? Do students understand the academic use of AI and the possibility of generating inaccurate information they may share with others, thinking it “came from the internet,” so it must be correct?
ChatGPT, an AI tool used extensively by college students, was released in November 2022. Multiple other programs have been released in the past two years, and more tools are launched daily. Sadly, many academicians have not embraced AI or developed timely guidelines for its use. Instead, they have created policies prohibiting AI rather than developing methods to teach AIs positive and negative uses.
An issue arising at a large, urban University is a “NO AI” policy in MSN/DNP courses. This has become an issue due to students attending a United States academic center whose primary language is not English. These students have used AI tools to assist in undergraduate coursework and are now entering graduate school with a new “NO AI” policy. A second issue is that students do not understand AI's limitations and assume what is generated is correct, thus promoting the use of false information. Also, there is a lack of knowledge on the part of academicians on how to integrate AI into assignments that produce scholarly works.
Artificial intelligence (AI) impacts how students learn, process, and create assignments, but is AI always correct in providing the knowledge it gives? The purpose of this presentation is to discuss an MSN/DNP leadership course case study assignment in which students use AI to analyze the federal, state, and hospital guidelines and the Nurse Practice Act to determine the case outcomes. The students then developed a group presentation detailing the validity of the AI-generated information.
Many faculty, especially seasoned faculty, need help with change. Some faculty experienced pushback when we moved from students creating medication notecards to the students reviewing the medications on an application on their cell phones. Still, the reality is that AI is not going away. How we use it is essential to the success of the students’ learning and impact on nursing. This session offers practical strategies for leveraging AI to foster academic rigor while preparing nursing students for a technologically driven future.
Description
Artificial Intelligence is impacting students’ learning at a rapid-fire pace. How to teach students the pros and cons of AI is imperative to the student’s education. This presentation details a leadership case study assignment integrated into an MSN/DNP course where students used AI to analyze the federal, state, and hospital guidelines to determine the case outcomes. The students then developed a group presentation detailing the validity of the AI-generated information.