As AI transforms healthcare, the challenge for nurses is not just adopting technology but ensuring it enhances, rather than erodes, the human connection essential to quality care. Join to examine how to get the balance right, encouraging the critical engagement with AI tools while safeguarding empathy, trust, and patient care with a personal touch. Explore strategies to shape the future of healthcare, ensuring technology empowers nurses and protects the patient experience, including:

- Integrating AI into everyday use in ways that enable rather than replace direct patient care

- Maintaining empathy, trust, and human connection in a digitally-driven environment

- Influencing AI adoption, advocating for patient-centred, ethical care as healthcare evolves 

Regional nurses often face limited access to consistent, high-quality training. This session outlines a first-of-its-kind program using digital simulation and gamified learning to build foundational clinical and non-technical skills. By “practising the swing before going to bat,” nurses can rehearse real-world scenarios safely, repeatedly and confidently.