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Review of 11 studies shows nursing students' AI literacy is moderate

Study title: Levels of Artificial Intelligence Literacy Among Nursing Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Systematic review or meta-analysis
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TRV-2026-2787cite or check it

Study title: Levels of Artificial Intelligence Literacy Among Nursing Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

A systematic review and meta-analysis pooled 11 studies of nursing students' AI literacy. The combined mean score was 4.80, with a 95% confidence interval of 4.41 to 5.19, which the authors describe as a moderate level.

Read the study abstract

BACKGROUND: The growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into nursing education makes AI literacy a critical competency for students to effectively use AI and advance educational practices. PURPOSE: In this study, we aimed to assess nursing students' AI literacy and to examine the influence of year of study and AI training on their literacy levels. METHODS: We searched 10 databases from inception to February 23, 2026. A random-effects model was used to pool overall AI literacy scores, with subgroup an…

The problem

A meta-analysis of 11 studies found nursing students' AI literacy was moderate, with a pooled mean score of 4.80, and lower among first-year students and those without prior AI training.

In brief

Scores were lower among first-year students and among students who had no prior AI training. The authors conclude that literacy needs improvement in these groups and recommend targeted, tiered training from educators.

The review searched 10 databases from inception to February 23, 2026, and was published in Nurse Educator in May 2026.

Main points

  1. The meta-analysis included 11 studies of nursing students' AI literacy.
  2. The pooled mean AI literacy score was 4.80 (95% confidence interval: 4.41 to 5.19).
  3. Subgroup analyses found lower scores among first-year students.
  4. Students without prior AI training also scored lower.
  5. The authors recommend that educators use targeted, tiered AI training.

What the review found when it combined the studies

These are the review’s own pooled results, copied from its abstract. Truvace did not recalculate them.

  • AI literacy score among nursing students

    Pooled mean score 4.80 (95% CI 4.41 to 5.19)

    11 studies · search to February 23, 2026

    The review’s own words
    The pooled mean AI literacy score was 4.80 (95% confidence interval: 4.41, 5.19).

Code checks every number above against the review’s text before it is shown. The short labels are an AI model’s reading of that text, so the review’s own sentence sits under each one. A pooled figure is only as strong as the studies behind it. How Truvace uses pooled results

The full story

Researchers searched 10 databases from their inception to February 23, 2026, and pooled overall AI literacy scores from 11 studies using a random-effects model. They ran subgroup analyses to explore sources of heterogeneity between studies.

The pooled mean score of 4.80 was characterised as moderate. The authors aimed to test how year of study and AI training affect literacy, and both factors were linked to differences: first-year students and those without prior training scored lower.

Based on these results, the authors say educators should implement targeted, tiered training, aimed particularly at first-year students and those who have not previously been trained in AI.

Sources

1 on file
  1. Nurse Educatordoi:10.1097/nne.0000000000002175
    Peer-reviewed2026-05-13

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  1. Who carries this cost, and what would have to change to prevent it?

    The problem A meta-analysis of 11 studies found nursing students' AI literacy was moderate, with a pooled mean score of 4.80, and lower among first-year students and those without prior AI training.

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  2. How do we know? What can this kind of evidence show, and what can’t it?

    The evidence This rests on a systematic review or meta-analysis, from Nurse Educator.

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  3. What does it leave open? What else would you want to know before acting on it?

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  4. Have you seen AI used this way where you study, work or live? Did it go the same way?

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