AI Literacy as a Mediator Between Education Climate and Learning Agency in Nursing Students

Fengfei Zeng1, Qiaomei Liu, Yaohua Zhang

  • 1About the Authors Fengfei Zeng, MS, RN, is faculty, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section and Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. Qiaomei Liu, MS, RN, is faculty, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section and Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. Yaohua Zhang, MS, RN, is faculty, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section and Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. Meng Ning, PhD, RN, is faculty, Xiangya Nursing School of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. Na Jiang, MS, RN, is faculty, Yueyang Vocational and Technical College, Yueyang, Hunan, China. Qiang Yu, MS, RN, is faculty, Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section and Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. This study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (No. 2025JJ60829) and the Joint Fund Project of the Hunan Provincial Health Commission (No. D202314026712). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, or interpretation. We would like to thank all participants who agreed to participate in this research study. For more information, contact Qiaomei Liu and Qiang Yu at okare8@csu.edu.cn .

Summary

A supportive educational climate and artificial intelligence (AI) literacy are crucial for nursing students' learning agency in AI contexts. AI literacy partially mediates this relationship, highlighting its importance.

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