Augmenting Pediatric Care With Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Responsibilities for Nurse Practitioners.

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a critical tool for nurse practitioners delivering pediatric and adolescent and young adult (AYA) care across primary, acute, and community settings. SEARCH SOURCE: This narrative review used targeted searches of PubMed, CINAHL, and policy reports (2020-2026) focused on AI, pediatrics, clinical decision support, digital health, and AYA care. RESULTS: AI is positioned to personalize education, strengthen clinical decision support, improve immunization outreach, support triage and antimicrobial stewardship, and enable proactive asthma monitoring. For AYA, AI may also support confidential reproductive health education, contraception and STI prevention reminders, and mental health screening when developmentally calibrated and clinically supervised. CONCLUSIONS: AI can enhance the reach, precision, and effectiveness of NP practice while advancing patient and family-centered care; however, implementation requires pediatric and AYA specific validation, equity-centered design, transparent governance, privacy safeguards, and clinician oversight.