Reimagining Nursing Theories in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Preserving the Human ...
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As AI infiltrates healthcare, this paper asks the urgent question: can machines ever replace the human touch at the heart of nursing — or does care itself depend on something algorithms can't replicate?
Human Caring TheoryHuman-Computer InteractionPrincipal-Agent ProblemTechnological Determinism
Theory Briefing
- Classical nursing theories like Watson's Theory of Human Caring are being stress-tested against AI's growing clinical capabilities.
- The paper proposes AI-CAT, a framework positioning AI as a collaborator rather than a replacement in patient care.
- The core tension: if empathy and human presence are foundational to healing, no algorithm can ethically substitute for them.