Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Abstract

The integration of Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery, improve patient outcomes, and make healthcare more accessible and effective. This study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding the integration of artificial intelligence in health care. Methodology: A cross-sectional design was used in the study. A convenience sample of 220 nursing students was selected from the Nursing College at King Khalid University. The questionnaire link was emailed to nursing students. It captured the participants' sociodemographic data their knowledge about AI, the advantages of AI, Risks of AI, and application of AI in health care, sources of information, barriers to learning AI, as well as their attitudes related to the application of AI in health system. Results: The study results stated that 68.2 % of the nursing students had adequate knowledge about AI, 67.3% of students had a "positive" attitude towards AI, more than 38.6% of students their source of knowledge about Artificial Intelligence was self-taught, while 36.6 % they have no knowledge bout AI.  and 40.8% of students described their knowledge about Artificial intelligence as basic understanding. Conclusion and Recommendation: The majority of nursing students who participated in this study had adequate knowledge regarding AI, the main sources of their knowledge were self-taught, and their understanding of AI was basic, as well as they had a positive attitude about integrating AI in health care. Thus, it is essential for integrating AI in the nursing curriculum to develop a good understating of AI to enlighten of its uses in their daily practice.