Registered Nurses

Healthcare

AI exposure

  • Data source: BLSPublished: '26.08

    High· relative

    LowFour relative bandsVery high

    Group-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

    Source dataset (XLSX download)

  • Data source: AnthropicPublished: '26.03

    0.059

    0.000Range of values carried here0.745
    Scale, basis and source

    Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published

    Mapped onto O*NET tasks

    Source dataset

  • Data source: ILOPublished: '25

    0.25

    0.09Range of values carried here0.70

    Group-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.

    Source dataset

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 10 hidden tasks

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.

TaskβE1 + 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

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®, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page

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]