Registered Nurses
HealthcareAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: '26.08
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: '26.03
0.059
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: '25
0.25
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 77% score at or above this value.
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
Exposed tasks only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Prepare reports to document patients' care activities.29-1141 | 0.010014.3 | 0.020040.0 |
Analyze the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions.29-1141 | 0.010014.3 | 0.020040.0 |
Plan, evaluate, or modify treatment programs, based on information gathered by observing and interviewing patients or by analyzing patient records.29-1141 | 0.010014.3 | 0.010020.0 |
Make clinical recommendations to physicians, other health care providers, insurance companies, patients, or health care organizations.29-1141 | 0.010014.3 | 0.00000.0 |
Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.29-1141 | 0.010014.3 | 0.00000.0 |
Provide consultation to other health care providers in areas such as patient discharge, patient care, or clinical procedures.29-1141 | 0.010014.3 | 0.00000.0 |
Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.29-1141 | 0.010014.3 | —0 |
Interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs) and renal functioning tests.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Evaluate patients' behavior to formulate diagnoses or assess treatments.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Monitor patients' medication usage and results.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms (EKGs) or radiographs (x-rays).29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs, including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Refer patients requiring more specialized or complex treatment to psychiatrists, primary care physicians, or other medical specialists.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Educate patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, or treatment plans.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Distinguish between physiologically- and psychologically-based disorders, and diagnose appropriately.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Present clients with information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Teach patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.29-1141 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions. | —0 | 0.00000.0 |
Observe, interview, and assess patients to identify care needs. | —0 | 0.00000.0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 109 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records. | —0 | —0 |
Record patients' medical information and vital signs. | —0 | —0 |
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions. | —0 | —0 |
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans. | —0 | —0 |
Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments. | —0 | —0 |
Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care. | —0 | —0 |
Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems. | —0 | —0 |
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs. | —0 | —0 |
Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry. | —0 | —0 |
Conduct specified laboratory tests. | —0 | —0 |
Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities. | —0 | —0 |
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects. | —0 | —0 |
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained. | —0 | —0 |
Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia. | —0 | —0 |
Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics. | —0 | —0 |
Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers. | —0 | —0 |
Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures. | —0 | —0 |
Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions. | —0 | —0 |
Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals. | —0 | —0 |
Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students. | —0 | —0 |
Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing. | —0 | —0 |
Engage in research activities related to nursing. | —0 | —0 |
Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness. | —0 | —0 |
Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly. | —0 | —0 |
Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions. | —0 | —0 |
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. | —0 | —0 |
Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments. | —0 | —0 |
Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes. | —0 | —0 |
Treat wounds or superficial lacerations. | —0 | —0 |
Set up, operate, or monitor invasive equipment and devices, such as colostomy or tracheotomy equipment, mechanical ventilators, catheters, gastrointestinal tubes, and central lines. | —0 | —0 |
Obtain specimens or samples for laboratory work. | —0 | —0 |
Participate in patients' care meetings and conferences. | —0 | —0 |
Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions. | —0 | —0 |
Assess the needs of patients' family members or caregivers. | —0 | —0 |
Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals. | —0 | —0 |
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care. | —0 | —0 |
Participate in the development of practice protocols. | —0 | —0 |
Perform administrative duties that facilitate admission, transfer, or discharge of patients. | —0 | —0 |
Provide formal and informal education to other staff members. | —0 | —0 |
Adjust settings on patients' assistive devices, such as temporary pacemakers. | —0 | —0 |
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. | —0 | —0 |
Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed. | —0 | —0 |
Refer patients for specialty consultations or treatments. | —0 | —0 |
Participate in activities aimed at professional growth and development, including conferences or continuing education activities. | —0 | —0 |
Develop practice protocols for mental health problems, based on review and evaluation of published research. | —0 | —0 |
Develop, implement, or evaluate programs such as outreach activities, community mental health programs, and crisis situation response activities. | —0 | —0 |
Write prescriptions for psychotropic medications as allowed by state regulations and collaborative practice agreements. | —0 | —0 |
Provide routine physical health screenings to detect or monitor problems such as heart disease and diabetes. | —0 | —0 |
Participate in treatment team conferences regarding diagnosis or treatment of difficult cases. | —0 | —0 |
Develop and implement treatment plans. | —0 | —0 |
Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes. | —0 | —0 |
Consult with psychiatrists or other professionals when unusual or complex cases are encountered. | —0 | —0 |
Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, including psychiatrists, psychologists, or nursing staff, to develop, implement, or evaluate treatment plans. | —0 | —0 |
Administer medications, including those administered by injection. | —0 | —0 |
Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions. | —0 | —0 |
Conduct individual, group, or family psychotherapy for those with chronic or acute mental disorders. | —0 | —0 |
Teach classes in mental health topics, such as stress reduction. | —0 | —0 |
Direct or provide home health services. | —0 | —0 |
Monitor the use and status of medical and pharmaceutical supplies. | —0 | —0 |
Treat patients for routine physical health problems. | —0 | —0 |
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs. | —0 | —0 |
Provide post-mortem care. | —0 | —0 |
Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs. | —0 | —0 |
Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, based upon patients' clinical status. | —0 | —0 |
Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions. | —0 | —0 |
Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods. | —0 | —0 |
Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, or pressure lines. | —0 | —0 |
Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems, such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances. | —0 | —0 |
Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions. | —0 | —0 |
Assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements. | —0 | —0 |
Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans, based on identified needs and assessment data. | —0 | —0 |
Collect specimens for laboratory tests. | —0 | —0 |
Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems. | —0 | —0 |
Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings. | —0 | —0 |
Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions. | —0 | —0 |
Identify patients at risk of complications due to nutritional status. | —0 | —0 |
Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients, based on assessment data or identified needs. | —0 | —0 |
Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, or elective cardioversion. | —0 | —0 |
Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use. | —0 | —0 |
Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices. | —0 | —0 |
Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed. | —0 | —0 |
Coordinate patient care conferences. | —0 | —0 |
Participate in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills. | —0 | —0 |
Participate in the development, review, or evaluation of nursing practice protocols. | —0 | —0 |
Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members, or community members. | —0 | —0 |
Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff. | —0 | —0 |
Coordinate or conduct educational programs or in-service training sessions on topics such as clinical procedures. | —0 | —0 |
Provide direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments, developing differential diagnoses, conducting specialized tests, or prescribing medications or treatments. | —0 | —0 |
Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated specialty, such as obstetrics, neurology, oncology, or neonatal care. | —0 | —0 |
Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or infection control standards. | —0 | —0 |
Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care. | —0 | —0 |
Develop nursing service philosophies, goals, policies, priorities, or procedures. | —0 | —0 |
Develop, implement, or evaluate standards of nursing practice in specialty area, such as pediatrics, acute care, and geriatrics. | —0 | —0 |
Develop or assist others in development of care and treatment plans. | —0 | —0 |
Instruct nursing staff in areas such as the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of disability, illness, management, technology, or resources. | —0 | —0 |
Direct or supervise nursing care staff in the provision of patient therapy. | —0 | —0 |
Identify training needs or conduct training sessions for nursing students or medical staff. | —0 | —0 |
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing. | —0 | —0 |
Monitor or evaluate medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals. | —0 | —0 |
Participate in clinical research projects, such as by reviewing protocols, reviewing patient records, monitoring compliance, and meeting with regulatory authorities. | —0 | —0 |
Perform discharge planning for patients. | —0 | —0 |
Write nursing orders. | —0 | —0 |
Develop and maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or patient care standards, based on evidence-based practice guidelines or expert opinion. | —0 | —0 |
Design evaluation programs regarding the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems. | —0 | —0 |
Lead nursing department implementation of, or compliance with, regulatory or accreditation processes. | —0 | —0 |
Chair nursing departments or committees. | —0 | —0 |
Provide coaching and mentoring to other caregivers to help facilitate their professional growth and development. | —0 | —0 |
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 | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.O*NET Task ID 1839 | 1.0 |
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.O*NET Task ID 1840 | 0.5 |
Record patients' medical information and vital signs.O*NET Task ID 1841 | 0.5 |
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.O*NET Task ID 1842 | 0.5 |
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.O*NET Task ID 1843 | 0.5 |
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.O*NET Task ID 1844 | 0.5 |
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.O*NET Task ID 1845 | 0.5 |
Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.O*NET Task ID 1849 | 0.5 |
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.O*NET Task ID 1850 | 0.5 |
Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.O*NET Task ID 1859 | 0.5 |
Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.O*NET Task ID 1846 | 0.0 |
Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.O*NET Task ID 1847 | 0.0 |
Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.O*NET Task ID 1848 | 0.0 |
Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.O*NET Task ID 1851 | 0.0 |
Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.O*NET Task ID 1852 | 0.0 |
Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.O*NET Task ID 1854 | 0.0 |
Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.O*NET Task ID 1855 | 0.0 |
Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers.O*NET Task ID 1856 | 0.0 |
Conduct specified laboratory tests.O*NET Task ID 1857 | 0.0 |
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.O*NET Task ID 20413 | 0.0 |
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.
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Occupation information
Recent Changes Affecting This Occupation
Apr 2026: Healthcare posted record Q1 high at 23,520 cuts. AI diagnostic tools, automated admin workflows, and scheduling AI changing the equation. AI was #1 March cut reason overall.
[Source: Challenger March 2026]Apr 2026: OpenAI workplace report (Apr 2026): Healthcare ranks among the lowest-adoption industries due to patient-data and HIPAA constraints, not because clinicians wouldn't benefit. Documentation assistance is the leading edge; direct clinical-workflow integration remains blocked.
[Source: OpenAI — ChatGPT Usage and Adoption Patterns at Work (April 2026)]Apr 2026: Registered nurses flagged as insulated; physical and relational necessity (bedside care, calming patients) sits outside what AI can substitute.
[Source: OpenAI Jobs Transition Framework, April 2026]