Acute Care Nurses
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 29-1141.01
Provide advanced nursing care for patients with acute conditions such as heart attacks, respiratory distress syndrome, or shock. May care for pre- and post-operative patients or perform advanced, invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
High· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.060
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.25
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Show 22 hidden tasks27 rated tasks · 16 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (59.3%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % |
|---|---|
Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.29-1141.01 | 0.024355.1 |
Analyze the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions.29-1141.01 | 0.011425.8 |
Document data related to patients' care including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.29-1141.01 | 0.00419.3 |
Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.29-1141.01 | 0.00286.3 |
Treat wounds or superficial lacerations.29-1141.01 | 0.00153.5 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.O*NET Task ID 18308 | 1.0 |
Analyze the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions.O*NET Task ID 18297 | 0.5 |
Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.O*NET Task ID 18298 | 0.5 |
Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness.O*NET Task ID 18299 | 0.5 |
Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms (EKGs) or radiographs (x-rays).O*NET Task ID 18301 | 0.5 |
Assess the impact of illnesses or injuries on patients' health, function, growth, development, nutrition, sleep, rest, quality of life, or family, social and educational relationships.O*NET Task ID 18305 | 0.5 |
Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.O*NET Task ID 18306 | 0.5 |
Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests and screening procedures based on assessment results, differential diagnoses, and knowledge about age, gender and health status of clients.O*NET Task ID 18312 | 0.5 |
Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed.O*NET Task ID 18314 | 0.5 |
Refer patients for specialty consultations or treatments.O*NET Task ID 18315 | 0.5 |
Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.O*NET Task ID 18317 | 0.5 |
Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals.O*NET Task ID 18319 | 0.5 |
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care.O*NET Task ID 18321 | 0.5 |
Participate in the development of practice protocols.O*NET Task ID 18322 | 0.5 |
Perform administrative duties that facilitate admission, transfer, or discharge of patients.O*NET Task ID 18323 | 0.5 |
Provide formal and informal education to other staff members.O*NET Task ID 18324 | 0.5 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page
All O*NET 31.0 task statements (27)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Analyze the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions. | Core |
| Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability. | Core |
| Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness. | Core |
| Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly. | Core |
| Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms (EKGs) or radiographs (x-rays). | Core |
| Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions. | Core |
| Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data. | Core |
| Assess the impact of illnesses or injuries on patients' health, function, growth, development, nutrition, sleep, rest, quality of life, or family, social and educational relationships. | Core |
| Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments. | Core |
| Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members. | Core |
| Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes. | Core |
| Treat wounds or superficial lacerations. | Core |
| Set up, operate, or monitor invasive equipment and devices, such as colostomy or tracheotomy equipment, mechanical ventilators, catheters, gastrointestinal tubes, and central lines. | Core |
| Obtain specimens or samples for laboratory work. | Core |
| Participate in patients' care meetings and conferences. | Core |
| Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions. | Core |
| Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities. | Core |
| Assess the needs of patients' family members or caregivers. | Core |
| Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals. | Core |
| Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care. | Core |
| Participate in the development of practice protocols. | Core |
| Perform administrative duties that facilitate admission, transfer, or discharge of patients. | Core |
| Provide formal and informal education to other staff members. | Core |
| Adjust settings on patients' assistive devices, such as temporary pacemakers. | Supplemental |
| Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests and screening procedures based on assessment results, differential diagnoses, and knowledge about age, gender and health status of clients. | Supplemental |
| Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed. | Supplemental |
| Refer patients for specialty consultations or treatments. | Supplemental |
0.03/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly. | E0 none |
| Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions. | E0 none |
| Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data. | E0 none |
| Treat wounds or superficial lacerations. | E0 none |
| Set up, operate, or monitor invasive equipment and devices, such as colostomy or tracheotomy equipment, mechanical ventilators, catheters, gastrointestinal tubes, and central lines. | E0 none |
| Obtain specimens or samples for laboratory work. | E0 none |
| Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions. | E0 none |
| Adjust settings on patients' assistive devices, such as temporary pacemakers. | E2 structured facilities |
| Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests and screening procedures based on assessment results, differential diagnoses, and knowledge about age, gender and health status of clients. | E0 none |
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
Values for the whole SOC 29-1141 group (Registered nurses), not for this O*NET occupation alone.
- Employment, 2025
- 3.5M
- Projected employment, 2035
- 3.7M
- Change (2025–35)
- +5.6%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $97,550
- Typical education needed for entry
- Bachelor's degree
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24402 | 일반 간호사 | This occupation is narrower | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 2221Nursing Professionals
The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.
Nursing professionals provide treatment, support and care services for people who are in need of nursing care due to the effects of ageing, injury, illness or other physical or mental impairment, or potential risks to health. They assume responsibility for the planning and management of the care of patients, including the supervision of other health care workers, working autonomously or in teams with medical doctors and others in the practical application of preventive and curative measures.
Tasks
- (a) planning, providing and evaluating nursing care for patients according to the practice and standards of modern nursing;
- (b) coordinating the care of patients in consultation with other health professionals and members of health teams;
- (c) developing and implementing care plans for the biological, social and psychological treatment of patients in collaboration with other health professionals;
- (d) planning and providing personal care, treatments and therapies including administering medications, and monitoring responses to treatment or care plan;
- (e) cleaning wounds and applying surgical dressings and bandages
- (f) monitoring pain and discomfort experienced by patients and alleviating pain using a variety of therapies, including the use of painkilling drugs;
- (g) planning and participating in health education programmes, health promotion and nurse education activities in clinical and community settings;
- (h) answering questions from patients and families and providing information about prevention of ill-health, treatment and care;
- (i) supervising and coordinating the work of other nursing, health and personal care workers;
- (j) conducting research on nursing practices and procedures and disseminating findings such as through scientific papers and reports.
Example occupations
Clinical nurse consultant · District nurse · Nurse anaesthetist · Nurse educator · Nurse practitioner · Operating theatre nurse · Professional nurse · Public health nurse · Specialist nurse
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- advanced nurse practitionerESCO 2221.1This occupation is narrower
Advanced nurse practitioners are in charge of promoting and restoring patients` health, provide diagnosis and care in advanced settings, coordinating care within areas of chronic disease management, providing integrated care, and supervising assigned team members. Advanced nurse practitioners are general care nurses who have acquired an expert knowledge base, complex decision making skills and clinical competencies for expanded clinical practice on advanced level.
- nurse responsible for general careESCO 2221.2This occupation is narrower
Nurses responsible for general care are in charge of promoting and restoring patients` health by providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families. They also supervise assigned team members.
- specialist nurseESCO 2221.3This occupation is narrower
Specialist nurses promote and restore people's health, and diagnose and care within a specific branch of the nursing field. Examples of such specialist nursing jobs include but are not restricted to; ambulatory care nurse, advanced practice nurse, cardiac nurse, dental nurse, community health nurse, forensic nurse, gastroenterology nurse, hospice and palliative care nurse, paediatric nurse, public health nurse, rehabilitation nurse, renal nurse and school nurse. Specialist nurses are general care nurses prepared beyond the level of a nurse generalist and authorised to practice as specialists with specific expertise in a branch of the nursing field.
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
ESCO reuse terms and the modification notice are in Credits.
France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| J1506 | Infirmier / Infirmière en soins généraux (IDE) | This occupation is narrowerprovisional |
| J1504 | Infirmier / Infirmière de bloc opératoire (IBODE) | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| J1508 | Infirmier / Infirmière en Pratique Avancée (IPA) | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
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Spain classification links (CNO-11)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 2122 | Enfermeros especializados (excepto matronos) | This occupation is narrower |
| 2121 | Enfermeros no especializados | Related, not a match |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: es-direct v1)
Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 81313 | Berufe in der Fachkrankenpflege - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten | This occupation is narrowerprovisional |
| 81302 | Berufe in der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege (ohne Spezialisierung) - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
(AI Changing Work link release: de-direct v1)
Japan classification links (JSCO)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 133 | 看護師（准看護師を含む） | This occupation is narrower |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
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