AI + Nurse Academy™ was created by nurses to close the AI literacy gap in healthcare and provide clear, practical AI education for nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Our Introduction to AI & Large Language Models (LLMs) for Nurses course offers 1.0 approved continuing nursing education contact hour through the Ohio Nurses Association. The Ohio Nurses Association is an Ohio Board of Nursing approver of nursing continuing education.
Every lesson is designed through a clinical and nursing lens. We translate complex AI concepts into practical applications for patient care, clinical decision making, education, and healthcare delivery.
We begin with what matters most: patient safety, data privacy, algorithmic bias, and ethical implementation. Before exploring what AI can do, learners understand what AI should do and the critical role healthcare professionals play in using it responsibly.
Every course is built on these foundational principles, ensuring comprehensive, balanced AI education.
Understanding ethical frameworks guiding AI use in healthcare
Learning effective AI communication for nursing tasks
Ensuring patient data protection and confidentiality in AI systems
Recognizing and mitigating bias in AI tools to promote fairness
Using evidence-based approaches to evaluate AI's effectiveness
Applying AI safely and effectively within clinical and academic settings
Founder & CEO, AI + Nurse Academy™
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When you learn with AI + Nurse Academy™, you're not just taking another online course. You're investing in:
We believe every nurse and healthcare professional can understand AI well enough to use it safely, ethically, and effectively in their work.
Nurses and healthcare professionals across practice, education, research, and leadership are preparing for a healthcare environment increasingly shaped by AI.
Every Nurse, AI Prepared.
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Healthcare is rapidly transforming through artificial intelligence, and many healthcare professionals do not have the education, frameworks, or support needed to navigate this change with confidence.
AI + Nurse Academy™ was created with a simple belief: nurses and other clinicians deserve professional AI education that respects their expertise, reflects the realities of healthcare practice, and prepares them to participate meaningfully in the future of healthcare.
AI + Nurse Academy™ is a brand of Ferrara Consulting Group LLC. All purchases and agreements are with Ferrara Consulting Group LLC. AI + Nurse Academy is not a school, college, or university and does not offer credit-bearing courses or degrees. Programs are noncredit professional development for licensed health professionals.
Stephen A. Ferrara, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, is a family nurse practitioner, nurse executive, educator, and national leader in nursing and health policy. He founded AI + Nurse Academy to help nurses and other healthcare professionals develop the knowledge and judgment needed to engage with artificial intelligence safely, ethically, and effectively.
Drawing on decades of clinical practice, health policy work, and health AI expertise, Stephen created AI + Nurse Academy™ to ensure nurses and other healthcare professionals have access to professional AI education that respects clinical expertise and builds literacy, confidence, and leadership skills.
Stephen holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and is board-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. In addition to clinical practice and teaching, Stephen has extensive experience in nonprofit leadership and has been a voice for advancing full practice authority and professional development.
Personal Note: "Nurses are natural innovators and patient advocates. My goal is to ensure every nurse feels empowered, not intimidated, by AI, and has the knowledge to use these tools safely, ethically, and effectively to improve patient care."
Professional development designed by and for nurses
Evidence-based curriculum developed by nurses with deep clinical and AI expertise
Practical, applicable knowledge you can use immediately in your practice
Ethical frameworks that prioritize patient safety and dignity
Ongoing support through a community of clinician innovators and leaders
A voice in shaping AI's role in healthcare, because nurses belong at the decision-making table
