Executive Officer Loretta (Loretta/Laurie) Melby told the committee that the BRN's sunset bill (SB 1302) extended the board for four years and updated RN scope-of-practice language to allow RNs to follow orders from APRNs; she also summarized AB 1696 and AB 1973.

TITLE: SCHOOL NURSE QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Valid New Jersey School Nurse Certificate2. Demonstrated expertise in school health nursingpractice and emergency procedures3. Knowledge of child growth and development,community and family dynamics, current healthissues, and wellness education4. Knowledge of community health and socialservices resources and ability to communicateeffectively with nonschool health professionalsand social service agencies5. Required criminal history background check andpro...

Background: Recent advancements in digital health technologies have led to the accumulation of large volumes of unstructured text data, particularly in electronic health records. Given that #nursing documentation frequently includes detailed descriptions of daily living activities and psychosocial contexts, existing medical natural language processing (NLP) tools may not be directly applicable without adaptation. Moreover, the integration of standardized #nursing terminologies into NLP systems remains limited. Although NLP has the potential to support risk detection, information management, and care planning, its practical applications in #nursing have not yet been systematically mapped. Objective: This scoping review aimed to map the practical applications of NLP in #nursing practice, with a specific focus on real-world clinical use, particularly for assessment, documentation, and interventions, and to identify the study characteristics, application domains, outcomes, and challenges. Methods: Following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines, a systematic search was conducted across PubMed, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, Scopus, Embase, and Ichushi-Web in October 2023 and June 2025. The population-concept-context framework (population: #nurses; concept: NLP applications; context: clinical settings) was used to guide study selection. Two independent reviewers screened 2889 unique records and reviewed the full texts of 72 studies. Data were descriptively synthesized and thematically classified. Results: Six studies met the inclusion criteria, indicating that empirically evaluated applications of NLP in real-world #nursing practice remain limited. NLP applications were categorized into three domains: (1) text summarization and generation, (2) information extraction and classification, and (3) real-time detection and screening. NLP was applied across multiple stages of #nursing practice, including handovers, assessment, care planning, continuity of care, and patient safety management. Notably, NLP was used as a form of augmented intelligence to complement, rather than replace, #nurses’ clinical judgment and to support clinical decision-making. These findings also highlight a substantial gap between rapid technological advances and the limited implementation of NLP in real-world #nursing practice. Conclusions: This review highlights the substantial gap between rapid technological advances and the limited implementation of NLP in real-world #nursing practice. NLP may help reduce manual review workload, support early risk identification, and facilitate individualized care planning in selected #nursing contexts. However, direct empirical evidence regarding its effects on #nursing workflows, #nurses’ clinical decision-making, and patient-level outcomes remains limited. Future research should prioritize real-world implementation studies and evaluate #nurses’ acceptance, adoption barriers, workflow integration, and the influence of NLP on clinical decision-making.

Board staff reported that the boardsunset bill (SB 1302) was signed and that the law will be implemented January 1, 2027; staff said a detailed briefing will be provided at the December board meeting.

Board staff reported that the BRN’s sunset bill passed, extending the board for four years, and summarized statutory changes to the RN scope of practice (Business and Professions Code section 2725) that add new subsections clarifying APRN and CNS-related authorities.

TITLE: SCHOOL NURSE QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Valid New Jersey School Nurse Certificate2. Demonstrated expertise in school health nursingpractice and emergency procedures3. Knowledge of child growth and development,community and family dynamics, current healthissues, and wellness education4. Knowledge of community health and socialservices resources and ability to communicateeffectively with nonschool health professionalsand social service agencies5. Required criminal history background check andpro...

Background: Clinical AI decision support is being introduced into #nursing practice; however, existing large language models (LLMs) demonstrate only moderate accuracy on complex clinical tasks, raising questions about the level of accuracy required for safe clinical use across varying levels of clinician experience and task complexity. Objective: The aim of the study is to develop an empirically calibrated simulation model of human-AI reliance and error in #nursing decision-making and estimate the AI accuracy required to achieve specified error rate targets. Methods: A linear reliance model with coefficients for AI accuracy (A), clinician experience (E), and task complexity (C) was calibrated using weighted least squares against 9 empirical data points from 3 independent randomized experiments on AI-assisted decision-making (N=3502). Predicted error was computed as reliance×(1−) across a 27-cell factorial design. Study-level bootstrap (2000 iterations) quantified calibration uncertainty. To contextualize the simulation’s operating range, the accuracy of contemporary general-purpose LLMs on complex clinical tasks was drawn from published benchmarks. Results: Calibration placed β at 0.201 (bootstrap 95% CI 0.023‐0.234; (β>0)>.99). For the novice×high-complexity combination, the minimum AI accuracy values required to achieve error rates

Bill mandates physician supervision requirements for registered and practical nurses administering contrast.

New regulations establish collaborative practice for advanced practice nurses to prescribe controlled substances.