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August 12, 2026JMIR NursingOpen Access

Inpatient Nurses’ Anticipatory Perspectives on Assistive Robots: Qualitative Study

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MTMavis Weiting TanTCTimie Lai Teng ChanCTCharmaine Shi Min Taye

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Overview

Qualitative study explores inpatient nurses’ anticipatory views on assistive robots, highlighting acceptance concerns and implications for implementation.

Key Points

  • This study aims to explore inpatient nurses’ anticipatory perspectives on assistive robots and how perceived benefits and concerns are formed before implementation.
  • Qualitative descriptive study utilizing semistructured interviews with 16 registered nurses aged 21 to 32 years.
  • Participants were drawn from 4 general medical wards in a public tertiary hospital in Singapore.
  • Data analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis to identify key themes.
  • Participants expressed anticipatory acceptance with cautious optimism about assistive robots supporting nursing work.
  • Key concerns included impacts on professional identity, patient safety, and ethical boundaries.
  • Acceptance depends on integration into workflows, preservation of clinical judgment, and structural support.

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Tan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7c209506a85aed514b7614https://doi.org/10.2196/91106
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