Embracing the future: an insight into nursing students’ attitude and perception towards the usability of artificial intelligence in healthcare

Background
Artificial intelligence (AI) transforms healthcare delivery, offering tools like clinical decision support and predictive analytics. The successful integration of AI in healthcare relies on the attitudes and perceptions of future healthcare providers, including nursing students.
Aim
Explore nursing students' attitudes and perceptions towards AI usability in healthcare and assess factors influencing that.
Methods
A descriptive design was utilized with 600 nursing students recruited through convenience sampling. Data were collected using the General Attitudes Towards Artificial Intelligence Scale and the Technology Acceptance Model questionnaire.
Results
Nursing students exhibited a significantly positive attitude towards using AI in health care (66.20 ± 7.38). This positive sentiment was further supported by the high mean score for perceived AI usability (46.40 ± 6.41), encompassing both usefulness (23.89 ± 4.15) and ease of use (22.52 ± 3.79).
Conclusion
Undergraduate nursing students have shown embracing attitudes and robust perceptions of AI usability. Student gender, prior AI training, and academic level were identified as significant positive predictors of attitudes and perceptions toward the usability of AI in healthcare.