Nurse.Org
Jay Wiley
July 29, 2026
Key Takeaways
- Only 40.5% of nurses in Carrington College’s survey of 465 RNs feel fully trained on the technology their role requires; nearly 60% report falling short of full preparedness.
- 32% of nurses have never used an AI tool at work, while Nurse.org’s Nursing AI Watch has confirmed 127 AI deployments across 106 large health systems.
- Reliability tops the frustration list: 58.9% of nurses name system crashes and downtime as their biggest technology challenge, and 54.2% have had to delay or modify patient care because of a technology issue.
A new survey of 465 registered nurses finds that most don’t feel fully prepared to use the technology their jobs now require. Nearly one in three has never used an AI-powered tool at work, even as artificial intelligence spreads rapidly through the health systems that employ them.