As artificial intelligence surges into clinical settings – from algorithmic staffing tools to humanoid robotic nurses – a landmark paper in the Hastings Center Report is sounding a clear warning: no matter how convincingly a machine simulates empathy or generates context-aware responses, the moral soul of nursing must remain irreducibly human. The stakes, the authors argue, could not be higher.
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Lillian S. Brunner Chair in Medical and Surgical Nursing, Professor of Nursing, and Professor of Medical…
