AI tools for nurses, reviewed by a nurse
Most clinical AI is built for physicians. Very few tools are made for bedside nurses yet. We track the ones that are, and tell you what's safe to use.
An independent directory of 57 AI tools nurses actually run into: ambient charting, handoff, decision support, NCLEX prep, staffing and more. Curated by a critical care RN.
Dragon Copilot (nursing)
Ambient capture of nurse observations in Epic Rover that drafts flowsheet entries (vitals, LDAs, wounds, safety) and narrative nurse notes for review before filing.
Built for: Nurses Unknown Bedside/mobile workflowAmbient documentationCommure Ambient for Nursing
Ambient AI inside Epic Rover that turns spoken assessments into structured flowsheet and LDA suggestions for nurse review.
Built for: Nurses Unknown Bedside/mobile workflowAmbient documentationAbridge
Ambient clinical documentation that drafts notes from conversations; being piloted by some health systems for nursing workflows.
Built for: Both Unknown UnknownAmbient documentationNabla
Ambient AI assistant that generates clinical notes from patient encounters.
Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA UnknownAmbient documentationSuki
Voice AI assistant for ambient note generation, dictation and chart Q&A.
Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA UnknownAmbient documentationSully.ai
Suite of AI 'agents' for clinical notes, intake and admin tasks.
Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA UnknownAmbient documentationAmbience Healthcare
Ambient documentation and coding-aware note generation for health systems.
Built for: Physicians Unknown UnknownAmbient documentationDeepScribe
Ambient AI scribe that drafts encounter notes from natural conversation.
Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA UnknownAmbient documentationHeidi Health
AI scribe that transcribes visits and drafts notes, letters and documents.
Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA UnknownAmbient documentationFreed
Low-cost AI scribe for individual clinicians that drafts notes from recorded visits.
Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA UnknownAmbient documentationLyrebird Health
Ambient AI scribe (popular in Australia) that drafts clinical notes and letters.
Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA UnknownAmbient documentationOracle Health Clinical AI Agent
Oracle's generative AI agents that draft documentation and surface chart information inside Oracle Health EHR.
Built for: Physicians Unknown UnknownAmbient documentationTali AI
Voice AI assistant for documentation and medical information lookup.
Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA UnknownHandoff & summariesNavina
AI copilot that summarizes scattered patient data into a concise chart overview.
Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Desk or charting onlyHandoff & summariesLaudio
AI-assisted workflow platform for frontline nurse leaders: staff check-ins, recognition and retention signals.
Built for: Nurses Unknown Desk or charting onlyPatient communicationGet Well
Digital patient engagement: inpatient bedside TV/tablet education, messaging and care-plan content.
Built for: Unknown Unknown UnknownClinical decision supportBayesian Health
AI early-warning platform (e.g. sepsis, deterioration) embedded in clinician workflow.
Built for: Both Unknown Desk or charting onlyClinical decision supportViz.ai
AI care-coordination platform that flags suspected stroke and other time-critical findings and alerts care teams.
Built for: Both Unknown Bedside/mobile workflowClinical decision supportAidoc
AI that flags critical imaging findings (e.g. PE, bleed) to speed triage and care-team notification.
Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting onlyClinical decision supportOpenEvidence
Free-for-clinicians AI search that answers clinical questions with citations to medical literature.
Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting onlyClinical decision supportUpToDate (AI features)
Point-of-care clinical reference; Wolters Kluwer has added generative AI search on top of UpToDate content.
Built for: Both Unknown Desk or charting onlyClinical decision supportGlass Health
AI clinical reasoning tool that drafts differentials and assessment/plans for clinician review.
Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting onlyClinical decision supportPrenosis Sepsis ImmunoScore
AI sepsis risk tool; Prenosis announced FDA De Novo authorization for Sepsis ImmunoScore in 2024.
Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting onlyClinical decision supportClinicalKey AI
Generative AI answers grounded in Elsevier clinical content with citations.
Built for: Both Mentions HIPAA Desk or charting onlyEducation / NCLEXUWorld Nursing
NCLEX-RN/PN question bank with detailed rationales and performance analytics.
Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education onlyEducation / NCLEXArcher Review
NCLEX and specialty-cert (e.g. CCRN) question banks and readiness assessments.
Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education onlyEducation / NCLEXPicmonic
Visual mnemonic study platform for nursing and NCLEX content.
Built for: Both Not for patient info Education onlyEducation / NCLEXSimpleNursing
Video-based nursing school and NCLEX study platform.
Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education onlyEducation / NCLEXKaplan NCLEX Prep
NCLEX prep courses and question banks.
Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education onlyEducation / NCLEXLecturio Nursing
Nursing video lectures and question banks with spaced repetition.
Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education onlyEducation / NCLEXNURSING.com
Nursing school and NCLEX study lessons, cheat sheets and courses.
Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education onlyEducation / NCLEXOsmosis
Animated health-science videos and study tools used by nursing students.
Built for: Both Not for patient info Education onlyEducation / NCLEXATI Nursing Education
Nursing school assessments, NCLEX review and remediation used by many programs.
Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education onlyScheduling & staffingShiftMed
On-demand shift marketplace and workforce platform for nurses and facilities.
Built for: Nurses Unknown UnknownScheduling & staffingTrusted Health
Travel nursing marketplace plus 'Works' workforce/scheduling platform for health systems.
Built for: Nurses Unknown UnknownScheduling & staffingShiftKey
Per-diem shift marketplace connecting nurses with open facility shifts.
Built for: Nurses Unknown UnknownScheduling & staffingNurseGrid
Free scheduling app for nurses to track shifts, swap and coordinate with coworkers.
Built for: Nurses Unknown UnknownScheduling & staffingQventus
AI operations platform for patient flow, discharge planning and OR scheduling.
Built for: Unknown Unknown Desk or charting onlyScheduling & staffingLeanTaaS iQueue
AI capacity management for infusion chairs, ORs and inpatient beds.
Built for: Unknown Unknown Desk or charting onlyScheduling & staffingMedely
Marketplace for per-diem and contract healthcare shifts.
Built for: Nurses Unknown UnknownPatient communicationHippocratic AI
Safety-focused generative AI 'agents' that make non-diagnostic patient calls (pre-op, post-discharge, chronic care follow-up).
Built for: Unknown Mentions HIPAA UnknownPatient communicationcare.coach
Avatar-based virtual companions/health coaching for patients, staffed by humans with AI support.
Built for: Unknown Mentions HIPAA UnknownPatient communicationLookDeep Health
AI-assisted virtual patient monitoring and virtual nursing platform.
Built for: Nurses Unknown Bedside/mobile workflowPatient communicationCaregility
Virtual care platform for virtual nursing, telesitting and inpatient video consults.
Built for: Nurses Mentions HIPAA Bedside/mobile workflowPatient communicationArtisight
Smart hospital platform: in-room cameras/sensors for virtual nursing and AI workflow automation.
Built for: Nurses Mentions HIPAA Bedside/mobile workflowPatient communicationAndor Health
AI-powered virtual care and care-team collaboration platform (ThinkAndor).
Built for: Both Mentions HIPAA UnknownPatient communicationHyro
Conversational AI for health system phone lines, scheduling and patient questions.
Built for: Unknown Mentions HIPAA UnknownGeneral LLMs for nursesChatGPT
General-purpose AI assistant nurses use for studying, explaining concepts and drafting non-PHI text.
Built for: General Not for patient info UnknownGeneral LLMs for nursesClaude
General-purpose AI assistant for writing, summarizing documents and study help.
Built for: General Not for patient info UnknownGeneral LLMs for nursesGemini
Google's general AI assistant for questions, writing and summarizing.
Built for: General Not for patient info UnknownGeneral LLMs for nursesMicrosoft Copilot
Microsoft's general AI assistant, also built into Microsoft 365 apps many hospitals use.
Built for: General Not for patient info UnknownGeneral LLMs for nursesPerplexity
AI answer engine that cites web sources; useful for quick, sourced lookups.
Built for: General Not for patient info UnknownGeneral LLMs for nursesNotebookLM
AI notebook that answers questions only from documents you upload (e.g. policies, lecture notes).
Built for: General Not for patient info UnknownHandoff & summariesWellsheet
AI chart summarization that surfaces the most relevant patient information inside the EHR workflow.
Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting onlyHandoff & summariesEpic generative AI (summaries & handoff)
Epic's built-in AI features, including generated patient summaries and handoff support, for organizations on Epic.
Built for: Both Unknown Desk or charting onlyHandoff & summariesInnovaccer
Healthcare data and AI platform that unifies patient records and supports care-team hand-offs and care coordination.
Built for: Unknown Unknown Desk or charting onlyHandoff & summariesNotable
AI agents that automate intake, documentation prep and administrative hand-offs for health systems.
Built for: Unknown Unknown Desk or charting onlyGet the weekly “AI at the bedside” note
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