Foresight-Driven Innovation in Nursing: An Integrated Framework with AI-Assisted Strategies
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Healthcare transformation demands nurses who can anticipate change, envision preferred futures, and lead innovation. This article presents an integrated framework linking foresight leadership theory with practical AI-assisted innovation strategies. Drawing on research in future consciousness, foresight literacies, and design thinking, the framework organizes innovation capabilities into four dimensions: Awareness (perceiving change signals), Analysis (understanding problems deeply), Action (developing and implementing solutions), and Anticipation (considering future implications). For each dimension, the article provides theoretical grounding, specific competencies, and strategic AI prompts that nurses can use to accelerate innovation thinking. The framework connects these capabilities to Patricia Benner's Novice to Expert model, offering stage-appropriate guidance for progressive skill development. By integrating theory with immediately applicable tools, this approach helps nurses at all career stages develop innovation capabilities aligned with ANA Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice while addressing practical constraints of clinical environments.
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Healthcare systems worldwide face accelerating transformation. Technological disruption, demographic shifts, workforce challenges, and evolving care delivery models demand new capabilities from nursing professionals. Beyond clinical expertise, nurses increasingly need skills in anticipating change, envisioning alternatives, and leading innovation—capabilities collectively termed foresight leadership. Simultaneously, artificial intelligence tools have emerged as powerful partners for innovation thinking, offering new possibilities for exploring problems and generating solutions. Yet nurses often lack access to structured approaches for developing these capabilities. Formal innovation programs reach limited numbers, while the theoretical literature on foresight and innovation can seem disconnected from clinical realities. This article addresses this gap by presenting an integrated framework that links foresight leadership theory with practical, AI-assisted innovation strategies. The framework synthesizes research on future consciousness, foresight literacies and design thinking into a coherent approach applicable across career stages and practice settings.
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Pesut, Daniel. (2025). Foresight-Driven Innovation in Nursing: An Integrated Framework with AI-Assisted Strategies. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277285.
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