Our minds often make connections between the information we consume from various sources. I recently did that with articles, news programs, and social media. First, I read a viewpoint in the American Nurse Journal titled “Do I Still Belong?” Rushton outlined the complex concept of belonging in addressing the current state of nursing and nurses leaving their jobs and the profession. She described a multidimensional concept of belonging to ourselves, our patients, our profession, and the role or position we hold.
Second, the increasing news and social media coverage of AI, especially ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, shows that we are in the midst of profound change that will affect all of us, whether we know today how it will. CBS’s 60 Minutes had an insider look at Bard that left the journalist Scott Pelley speechless. Third, I read an article that began with, “This article was written by a person.”
Putting those three together, I went to ChatGPT and asked it to write an essay on belonging and oncology nursing. What follows is one version it wrote in a minute, much faster than writing this column has been, and I think it is written well.
Chat GPT presented several strategies that can foster a sense of belonging, and ONS provides many, but not all, to our members. As Rushton’s viewpoint showed, belonging is multidimensional and we each contribute to our feeling of belonging. The ONS Board of Directors and staff realize that central to the Society’s mission is creating connections for you—with each other and with the organization. We appreciate that many of you responded to the annual member survey with suggestions about what we can do. Those, and perhaps ChatGPT’s, can guide our strategic priorities.