Balancing Innovation and Humanism: An Ethical Debate on AI and VR in Psychiatric Nursing Education

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dc.contributor.authorYildiz, Erman
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T13:33:22Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T13:33:22Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground: Artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are increasingly integrated into psychiatric nursing education, presenting both significant opportunities for innovation and profound risks of dehumanisation. Aim: This debate essay critically examines the central tension between leveraging AI and VR for enhanced educational outcomes (innovation) and the imperative to preserve essential human elements grounded in personalist ethics (dignity, autonomy, integrity, vulnerability) in psychiatric nursing preparation. ' Method: Drawing on a critical analysis of current literature identified through targeted database searches and theoretical synthesis, theoretical perspectives including personalist ethics, sociotechnical theories like posthumanism and cyborg ontology, and technology adoption, and considering the implications for individuals with lived experience, this essay debates the potential benefits and ethical perils of AI/VR integration in this sensitive field. Results: The analysis suggests AI and VR offer potential pedagogical advantages, including standardised skills practice, safe exposure to high-risk scenarios, and enhanced clinical reasoning development. However, significant concerns arise regarding the potential for simulated experiences to foster reductive understandings of mental health conditions, erode human connection (integrity, dignity), introduce bias (threatening autonomy, dignity), compromise privacy (integrity), and exacerbate global inequities. The integration challenges echo controversies seen in clinical practice, such as those surrounding surveillance technologies. The impact on individuals with lived experience, both in how they are represented and how future nurses interact with them, is a central ethical concern. Conclusion: A 'new synthesis' guided by personalist principles is necessary, moving beyond a simple technology-versus-humanity dichotomy. AI and VR should be implemented strategically to augment, not supplant, human-centred pedagogy. This requires robust ethical frameworks, culturally responsive design, critical reflection, faculty development, and a constant focus on ensuring these tools ultimately support the development of nurses who are both technologically adept and ethically grounded, attuned to the human experience of mental health distress. The goal is innovation that serves, rather than undermines, compassionate care and human dignity.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jpm.70056
dc.identifier.endpage56
dc.identifier.issn1351-0126
dc.identifier.issn1365-2850
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6544-4847
dc.identifier.pmid41221905
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105021513852
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage48
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.70056
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/109085
dc.identifier.volume33
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001614821500001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthorYildiz, Erman
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250329
dc.subjectartificial intelligence
dc.subjectethical considerations
dc.subjectglobal health
dc.subjectnursing education
dc.subjectpersonalist ethics
dc.subjectpsychiatric nursing
dc.subjectsimulation
dc.subjecttechnology integration
dc.subjectvirtual reality
dc.titleBalancing Innovation and Humanism: An Ethical Debate on AI and VR in Psychiatric Nursing Education
dc.typeArticle

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