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.

Ambient documentation

Dragon Copilot (nursing)

Microsoft

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 workflow
Ambient documentation

Commure Ambient for Nursing

Commure

Ambient AI inside Epic Rover that turns spoken assessments into structured flowsheet and LDA suggestions for nurse review.

Built for: Nurses Unknown Bedside/mobile workflow
Ambient documentation

Abridge

Abridge

Ambient clinical documentation that drafts notes from conversations; being piloted by some health systems for nursing workflows.

Built for: Both Unknown Unknown
Ambient documentation

Nabla

Nabla

Ambient AI assistant that generates clinical notes from patient encounters.

Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Ambient documentation

Suki

Suki

Voice AI assistant for ambient note generation, dictation and chart Q&A.

Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Ambient documentation

Sully.ai

Sully.ai

Suite of AI 'agents' for clinical notes, intake and admin tasks.

Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Ambient documentation

Ambience Healthcare

Ambience Healthcare

Ambient documentation and coding-aware note generation for health systems.

Built for: Physicians Unknown Unknown
Ambient documentation

DeepScribe

DeepScribe

Ambient AI scribe that drafts encounter notes from natural conversation.

Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Ambient documentation

Heidi Health

Heidi Health

AI scribe that transcribes visits and drafts notes, letters and documents.

Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Ambient documentation

Freed

Freed

Low-cost AI scribe for individual clinicians that drafts notes from recorded visits.

Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Ambient documentation

Lyrebird Health

Lyrebird Health

Ambient AI scribe (popular in Australia) that drafts clinical notes and letters.

Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Ambient documentation

Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent

Oracle Health

Oracle's generative AI agents that draft documentation and surface chart information inside Oracle Health EHR.

Built for: Physicians Unknown Unknown
Ambient documentation

Tali AI

Tali AI

Voice AI assistant for documentation and medical information lookup.

Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Handoff & summaries

Navina

Navina

AI copilot that summarizes scattered patient data into a concise chart overview.

Built for: Physicians Mentions HIPAA Desk or charting only
Handoff & summaries

Laudio

Laudio

AI-assisted workflow platform for frontline nurse leaders: staff check-ins, recognition and retention signals.

Built for: Nurses Unknown Desk or charting only
Patient communication

Get Well

Get Well

Digital patient engagement: inpatient bedside TV/tablet education, messaging and care-plan content.

Built for: Unknown Unknown Unknown
Clinical decision support

Bayesian Health

Bayesian Health

AI early-warning platform (e.g. sepsis, deterioration) embedded in clinician workflow.

Built for: Both Unknown Desk or charting only
Clinical decision support

Viz.ai

Viz.ai

AI care-coordination platform that flags suspected stroke and other time-critical findings and alerts care teams.

Built for: Both Unknown Bedside/mobile workflow
Clinical decision support

Aidoc

Aidoc

AI that flags critical imaging findings (e.g. PE, bleed) to speed triage and care-team notification.

Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting only
Clinical decision support

OpenEvidence

OpenEvidence

Free-for-clinicians AI search that answers clinical questions with citations to medical literature.

Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting only
Clinical decision support

UpToDate (AI features)

Wolters Kluwer

Point-of-care clinical reference; Wolters Kluwer has added generative AI search on top of UpToDate content.

Built for: Both Unknown Desk or charting only
Clinical decision support

Glass Health

Glass Health

AI clinical reasoning tool that drafts differentials and assessment/plans for clinician review.

Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting only
Clinical decision support

Prenosis Sepsis ImmunoScore

Prenosis

AI sepsis risk tool; Prenosis announced FDA De Novo authorization for Sepsis ImmunoScore in 2024.

Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting only
Clinical decision support

ClinicalKey AI

Elsevier

Generative AI answers grounded in Elsevier clinical content with citations.

Built for: Both Mentions HIPAA Desk or charting only
Education / NCLEX

UWorld Nursing

UWorld

NCLEX-RN/PN question bank with detailed rationales and performance analytics.

Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education only
Education / NCLEX

Archer Review

Archer Review

NCLEX and specialty-cert (e.g. CCRN) question banks and readiness assessments.

Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education only
Education / NCLEX

Picmonic

Picmonic

Visual mnemonic study platform for nursing and NCLEX content.

Built for: Both Not for patient info Education only
Education / NCLEX

SimpleNursing

SimpleNursing

Video-based nursing school and NCLEX study platform.

Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education only
Education / NCLEX

Kaplan NCLEX Prep

Kaplan

NCLEX prep courses and question banks.

Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education only
Education / NCLEX

Lecturio Nursing

Lecturio

Nursing video lectures and question banks with spaced repetition.

Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education only
Education / NCLEX

NURSING.com

NURSING.com

Nursing school and NCLEX study lessons, cheat sheets and courses.

Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education only
Education / NCLEX

Osmosis

Osmosis (Elsevier)

Animated health-science videos and study tools used by nursing students.

Built for: Both Not for patient info Education only
Education / NCLEX

ATI Nursing Education

ATI

Nursing school assessments, NCLEX review and remediation used by many programs.

Built for: Nurses Not for patient info Education only
Scheduling & staffing

ShiftMed

ShiftMed

On-demand shift marketplace and workforce platform for nurses and facilities.

Built for: Nurses Unknown Unknown
Scheduling & staffing

Trusted Health

Trusted Health

Travel nursing marketplace plus 'Works' workforce/scheduling platform for health systems.

Built for: Nurses Unknown Unknown
Scheduling & staffing

ShiftKey

ShiftKey

Per-diem shift marketplace connecting nurses with open facility shifts.

Built for: Nurses Unknown Unknown
Scheduling & staffing

NurseGrid

NurseGrid

Free scheduling app for nurses to track shifts, swap and coordinate with coworkers.

Built for: Nurses Unknown Unknown
Scheduling & staffing

Qventus

Qventus

AI operations platform for patient flow, discharge planning and OR scheduling.

Built for: Unknown Unknown Desk or charting only
Scheduling & staffing

LeanTaaS iQueue

LeanTaaS

AI capacity management for infusion chairs, ORs and inpatient beds.

Built for: Unknown Unknown Desk or charting only
Scheduling & staffing

Medely

Medely

Marketplace for per-diem and contract healthcare shifts.

Built for: Nurses Unknown Unknown
Patient communication

Hippocratic AI

Hippocratic 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 Unknown
Patient communication

care.coach

care.coach

Avatar-based virtual companions/health coaching for patients, staffed by humans with AI support.

Built for: Unknown Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Patient communication

LookDeep Health

LookDeep Health

AI-assisted virtual patient monitoring and virtual nursing platform.

Built for: Nurses Unknown Bedside/mobile workflow
Patient communication

Caregility

Caregility

Virtual care platform for virtual nursing, telesitting and inpatient video consults.

Built for: Nurses Mentions HIPAA Bedside/mobile workflow
Patient communication

Artisight

Artisight

Smart hospital platform: in-room cameras/sensors for virtual nursing and AI workflow automation.

Built for: Nurses Mentions HIPAA Bedside/mobile workflow
Patient communication

Andor Health

Andor Health

AI-powered virtual care and care-team collaboration platform (ThinkAndor).

Built for: Both Mentions HIPAA Unknown
Patient communication

Hyro

Hyro

Conversational AI for health system phone lines, scheduling and patient questions.

Built for: Unknown Mentions HIPAA Unknown
General LLMs for nurses

ChatGPT

OpenAI

General-purpose AI assistant nurses use for studying, explaining concepts and drafting non-PHI text.

Built for: General Not for patient info Unknown
General LLMs for nurses

Claude

Anthropic

General-purpose AI assistant for writing, summarizing documents and study help.

Built for: General Not for patient info Unknown
General LLMs for nurses

Gemini

Google

Google's general AI assistant for questions, writing and summarizing.

Built for: General Not for patient info Unknown
General LLMs for nurses

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft

Microsoft's general AI assistant, also built into Microsoft 365 apps many hospitals use.

Built for: General Not for patient info Unknown
General LLMs for nurses

Perplexity

Perplexity

AI answer engine that cites web sources; useful for quick, sourced lookups.

Built for: General Not for patient info Unknown
General LLMs for nurses

NotebookLM

Google

AI notebook that answers questions only from documents you upload (e.g. policies, lecture notes).

Built for: General Not for patient info Unknown
Handoff & summaries

Wellsheet

Wellsheet

AI chart summarization that surfaces the most relevant patient information inside the EHR workflow.

Built for: Physicians Unknown Desk or charting only
Handoff & summaries

Epic generative AI (summaries & handoff)

Epic Systems

Epic's built-in AI features, including generated patient summaries and handoff support, for organizations on Epic.

Built for: Both Unknown Desk or charting only
Handoff & summaries

Innovaccer

Innovaccer

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 only
Handoff & summaries

Notable

Notable

AI agents that automate intake, documentation prep and administrative hand-offs for health systems.

Built for: Unknown Unknown Desk or charting only

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