AI Seminar Session 2: AI at the Bedside
Seminar Details
Nursing faculty need concrete understanding of how AI is transforming bedside practice to effectively prepare students for clinical environments where AI augments care delivery. This one-hour session showcases real-world AI applications currently deployed at the bedside, featuring concrete use cases, measurable outcomes, and implications for nursing practice and education.
What will be covered?
- Six AI Use Cases Transforming Bedside Nursing:
- Reducing Documentation Burden – Ambient listening devices transcribe nurse-patient conversations into the EHR, saving nurses 15+ minutes per documentation task
- Preventing Patient Falls & Deterioration – AI-powered cameras monitor patient movement while algorithms predict sepsis and clinical decline, resulting in 52% reduction in falls and 92% reduction in sitter hours
- Automating Vital Signs – Wearable devices measure and document vitals directly into patient charts, reducing documentation time and improving data accuracy
- Augmenting Handoff Communication – AI generates SBAR summaries from EHR data sent to nurses' phones, achieving 40% improvement in communication effectiveness and 75% adoption rate
- Enhancing Nurse Education – AI chatbots provide instant access to policies and protocols, saving nurses 15+ minutes per policy lookup
- Automating Patient Education – AI virtual assistants deliver pre/post-procedure education in multiple languages, completing 98% of cases without nurse intervention (8.6/10 patient satisfaction)
Why should you join? Your students will practice alongside AI that documents care, monitors patients, and delivers education. This session provides concrete examples of what that looks like today and how to prepare students for AI-enabled practice environments.
This seminar is available exclusively to AACN members.
Note: Recording of the seminar will be available to registrants after the event ends. Email ajacobs@aacnnursing.org for more information.
Speakers
Anne Herleth, MPH, MSW
Vice President, Member Insights
The Health Management Academy
Anne Herleth is a Vice President at The Health Management Academy, a peer learning and research company that brings together Leading Health Systems and industry executives to collectively address the industry's biggest challenges and opportunities. Anne oversees multiple health system membership programs, including Nursing Catalyst—a national nursing innovation incubator among the nation’s leading health systems. As part of her role, Anne regularly presents on research and healthcare trends at industry events.
Prior to joining The Academy, Anne was a research director at the Advisory Board and oversaw nursing and clinical operations research for health system members. She previously worked for a social sciences research firm in Rockville, MD and as a social worker in community-based clinics in St. Louis, MO. Anne holds a Master’s in Public Health and a Master’s in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband, daughter, and dog.
Sara Zargham
Associate Director, Member Insights
The Health Management Academy
Sara Zargham is an Associate Director at The Health Management Academy, a peer learning and research company that brings together Leading Health Systems and industry executives to collectively address the industry's biggest challenges and opportunities. Sara leads nursing innovation research focused on how AI, workforce strategy, and care delivery innovation are reshaping healthcare. She works closely with Chief Nursing Executives to translate emerging trends into practical insights that support strategic decision-making.
Prior to joining The Academy, Sara worked at the Advisory Board, where she helped shape the firm’s flagship State of the Industry research on emerging healthcare trends and contributed to research on healthcare strategy, digital innovation, and emerging technologies. She holds a B.A. in Cognitive Science with a concentration in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia and lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
Pricing and CE Credit
This seminar is $75 and open to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing.
Continuing Nursing Education
One nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credit is associated with this seminar; attendees must be present for the entire seminar and complete the evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.