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One of things I love about Research Gate, is that it notifies you when someone references your research. An article that I co-wrote was cited in an article in the Egyptian Journal of Nursing called "Nursing roles and competencies in disaster victim identification: a scoping review". In case you want to read it...
June 2026 Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 16(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s41935-026-00560-7
The article they cited it from was one I co-wrote in 2020 "Nurses and Medicolegal Death Investigation. In case you want to read it.... Nurses and Medicolegal Death Investigation
December 2020 Journal of Forensic Nursing 16(4):207-214
DOI: 10.1097/JFN.0000000000000310

Terry Gentry, a 3rd generation native of Denver, gave us a great presentation at Jefferson County Govt. about Juneteenth. Juneteenth was moment in time (June 19, 1865, and now officially 'Juneteenth National Independence Day', a federal holiday in the United States) that many of our former enslaved ancestors were freed in Texas. This gives us a reason to celebrate and commemorate the day every year. Fast forward to today, it continues to the never ending work for true freedom, legal and civil rights, equity, and a way to engage our community. Terri is a pillar of the community as she is an Engagement Manager for Black Communities at History Colorado. She conducts tours of the museum, Five Points Walking Tour, and does numerous presentation to schools, government agencies and businesses.

I just read this on Linked In from Rebecca Love, RN.
"This week, I received my first call from a Nurse Leader to tell me her hospital eliminated an entire department and jobs for over 50+ Nurses to be replaced with AI.

Here are the details:

On Friday, one of the largest hospital systems in the US, gave notice to their entire Virtual Nursing Team, over 50+ Nurses, that their jobs had been eliminated and their last day would be in August.

The nurses were told that their jobs were “administrative in function” – a critical “term” for legal classification in this space (one that warrants a future post on AI in healthcare).

These seasoned nurses, all helped build and worked as “Virtual nurses” supporting and on inpatient units across the hospitals, virtually.

The hospital had partnered with an outside AI company several years ago that installed cameras into patient rooms and ties to into TV screens, so that when an admission and discharge needed to be done, a virtual nurse would portal into the room via the TV and engage the patient on the admission and discharge.

The nursing team had done research on the of Virtual Nursing and outcomes that they wanted to publish, but had been denied the right to publish their findings, which showed they were saving the bedside nurses significant hours of time per patient; as well as showing their discharges significantly decreased 30 day re-admissions.

What was not widely understood by these virtual nurses, is that every time they were logged into the system to do the virtual nursing, every engagement, every note, was being recorded and tracked.

Not for "quality assurance purposes", but to collect the data and the interaction, to train the AI Model, to reach a point where AI agents could instead do the job.

And that day is now here.

These nurses jobs were eliminated, there were no offers to take a bedside role or to take another position at all in the hospital. This was a direct elimination of their job to be done by AI.

The system, is saving around $5 million dollars annually on salary and benefits of these nurses.

Which now they will use those dollars to invest into these AI technologies, as they told the virtual nurses they are continuing to install cameras in all patient rooms.

This allows them to capture and record more data to further train “AI” on the jobs and interactions of healthcare professionals and patients. You can draw what that may mean for the future.

But for today, over 50 incredibly talented, experienced and dedicated nurses have lost their jobs to AI.

And for the bedside nurses at this hospital, they will be getting more work and responsibility to be the clinically licensed clinician responsible for the documentation/note that the will produce.

This is the first such instance I am aware of; but will not be the last.

We must start having hard conversations about AI impact to nursing careers at all levels."

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18KYh97xW3/

leading organized crime and identity theft—after running a fraudulent staffing agency that placed unlicensed, unqualified impostors in long-term care facilities.

Between 2017 and 2019, David Mungai Njenga stole the identities and credentials of 5 real Washington nurses to trick facilities into hiring his workers. The reality? Some of these impostors couldn't even take a patient's blood pressure and were dispensing incorrect medications, putting vulnerable residents at massive risk.

Njenga now faces up to 16.5 years in prison. For the nursing community, this is a chilling reminder of how easily a hard-earned license can be stolen and misused without your knowledge, potentially trailing you into board investigations for care you never provided. 🩺⚠️

In recognition and awareness of Pride Month this June, and in support of friends and family. It is so important because it 'marks the start of huge change within the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the wider societal implications. Although attitudes and injustice still remain, we have come a long way since the riots of 1969 and by continuing in this long standing tradition we continue to raise awareness, improve the attitudes of society and encourage inclusiveness.

I will say it again, Prevention is the key! I'm talking about Su***de.
As the Jefferson County Coroner my hope is to use data and statistics to help our community identify warning signs and prevent future loss from a preventable tragedy. These aren’t just numbers; they are preventable tragedies that drive my commitment to public health. Remember, help is available, treatment works, and recovery is possible.

True, and our greatest gift is Love.

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