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Bonnie Castillo

executive director of National Nurses United

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And our patients are already becoming the unwitting guinea pigs of scientifically unproven and unregulated A.I. that they often do not even realize is being used in decisions about their care without their consent.

Bonnie Castillo

executive director of National Nurses United

In a 2024 article, Bonnie Castillo wrote that patients were being subjected to unproven, unregulated AI in care decisions without their knowledge or consent.

Executive director of National Nurses UnitedMarch 29, 2024National Nurses United

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A.I. is being used to make staffing decisions, resulting in nurses being overwhelmed with far too many patients at once, or being sent home or called in for overtime with zero notice. And our patients are already becoming the unwitting guinea pigs of scientifically unproven and unregulated A.I. that they often do not even realize is being used in decisions about their care without their consent. Nurses are by no means anti-technology. Over the decades, new machines and devices have made our work easier and more efficient. But many of the new technologies deployed by our employers are never intended to help us be better nurses.

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Castillo added that nurses are not anti-technology and that some machines and devices have made nursing work easier and more efficient.

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We’re also calling on Congress — including in October testimony that I gave to a U.S. Senate committee — to ground all A.I. statutes and regulations in the precautionary principle, which says that until something has been scientifically proven to be safe, we must use the greatest level of precaution, not the least. And we’re committed to protecting patient privacy, strengthening RNs’ right to bargain over A.I. in the workplace, and protecting workers from A.I.

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Bonnie Castillo

executive director of National Nurses United

In a 2024 article, Bonnie Castillo called on Congress to take maximum precautions until AI is proven safe and to protect patient privacy and nurses’ workplace rights.

Executive director of National Nurses UnitedMarch 29, 2024National Nurses United

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NNU has also launched a national A.I. nurse survey to give us more data in our fight. We’re also calling on Congress — including in October testimony that I gave to a U.S. Senate committee — to ground all A.I. statutes and regulations in the precautionary principle, which says that until something has been scientifically proven to be safe, we must use the greatest level of precaution, not the least. And we’re committed to protecting patient privacy, strengthening RNs’ right to bargain over A.I. in the workplace, and protecting workers from A.I. surveillance and data mining. As nurses, our partnership is with our patients and with all working people. We are all about prevention, and that means shining a light on what’s already been happening and taking strong action to prevent future harm.

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We’re all for tech that enhances our skills and the patient care experience,

Bonnie Castillo

executive director of National Nurses United

At an April 2024 nurses’ protest, Bonnie Castillo said she supported technology that enhances nurses’ skills and patient care.

Executive director of National Nurses United and CNA/NNOCApril 22, 2024National Nurses United

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… nurses, hundreds of RNs rallied and marched on April 22 in San Francisco outside a Kaiser Permanente’s International Integrated Care Experience conference that featured the system’s use of advanced analytics and A.I. “We’re all for tech that enhances our skills and the patient care experience,” said Bonnie Castillo, RN and executive director of NNU and CNA/NNOC to a boisterous crowd of nurses holding placards reading “Patients are not algorithms” and “Trust nurses, not A.I.”

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Immediately afterward, Castillo said the union would not accept employers devaluing nursing care or replacing skilled nurses with technology to boost profits.

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