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Concurrent C60M325

Teaming Up with Technology: How Staff Perceive Robots in Acute Care

Facilitator(s): Paige M Merring, DNP, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC; Susan Smith

Contact Hours 1.00
CERP B 1.00
San Diego Conference
Date Tuesday 5/19/2026
Time 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

Session Summary

Hospitals are increasingly adopting delivery robots—although there’s no way of telling how frontline staff really feel about working alongside them. This session explores insights from nurses, pharmacy and ancillary staff following robot implementation in a large tertiary hospital. Attendees gain practical understanding of how robots impact workflow, teamwork and staff efficiency—and leave with considerations for successful integration in their own settings.

Objectives

  • Describe the interdisciplinary perceptions of hospital staff following the implementation of delivery robots in a tertiary care setting.
  • Identify the impact of delivery robots on clinical workflows for nurses, pharmacy and ancillary staff.
  • Evaluate opportunities for integrating robotic technology to support staff efficiency and optimize delivery tasks in hospital settings.
Topics Technology
Role Staff

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Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

Disclosure

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion. 

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.