Nurses push for involvement as AI threatens jobs and patient care

Nurses, the largest segment of the health‑care workforce, are increasingly vocal about the risks that clinical artificial intelligence poses to their employment and to patient safety.

At Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, nurses who were laid off say an administrative AI system is taking over tasks they used to perform. In California, Kaiser Permanente nurses have staged strikes and pickets, protesting AI tools that monitor their work and influence patient‑care decisions.

Unions such as National Nurses United, representing more than 200,000 nurses, are leading the advocacy, demanding that nurses be included in the design and deployment of AI technologies.

Researchers and educators are also examining ways to create AI solutions that support the next generation of nurses, emphasizing collaboration rather than replacement.