5 March 2025

Ceylon Dell, CNWL Chief Nurse Fellow and Team Manager at the Community Mental Health Hub in Milton Keynes, explores the impacts of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on nursing practice in a newly published article in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

The piece examines how AI is redefining the profession and challenging traditional notions of what it means to be a nurse, highlighting AI’s ability to streamline clinical decision-making and reduce waiting times.

AI can generate patient leaflets and personalised care plans in seconds. It also has the ability to process research and evidence-based knowledge beyond a nurse’s specialisation. By automating these tasks, it frees up nurses to focus on more complex cases.

The article reads:

“As generative AI continues to evolve, it is no longer just a tool but a co-developer in nursing-based tasks... The key question is whether nurses can maintain the person-centred ethos and care underpinning the nursing role. 

"The nursing profession must not simply reject or adopt technology but also understand that the nurses' role has never been stagnant, adapting to cultural and institutional changes over time.”

Ceylon has also published research on AI in mental health care in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.