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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · United States (national)

Registered Nurses

How exposed this work is to automation, shown as ranges with the reasoning and sources.

The short version: this role is less exposed to automation, and meaningful change looks likely over the next 5 to 10 years. It is a sourced range, not a verdict, and the detail is below.

Built on O*NET tasks, BLS pay and projections, and peer-reviewed AI-exposure research. Sources shown. Data snapshot SNAPSHOT-2026-11-06. How it works
38.1 of 100
AI / softwarerange 26.1 to 50.1
35.1 of 100
Physical / roboticsrange 23.1 to 47.1

When the change is likely

partial change 0y 5y 10y 15y 20+y

Partial, 5 to 10 years local demand stable

What to do about it

Use AI to outpace AI.

Strategies to protect your livelihood, most important first.

1
Use your 5 to 10 year runway
Change here is gradual. Build resilient skills steadily and watch the signals rather than waiting for a shock.
2
Pivot toward Clinical Nurse Specialists
It is skill-adjacent and less exposed (33.3 vs 38). A lateral move now beats a forced one later.
3
Build a financial buffer
Keep 6 to 12 months of expenses and diversify your income, so a disruption is a setback rather than a catastrophe.
4
Add a recognised credential
A certification or license raises the bar against automation and signals value in a tightening market.

Which of my tasks are exposed

Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
50.0
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
100.0
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
50.0
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
50.0
Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.
100.0
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
100.0
Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
100.0
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
50.0

Longer, orange bars are more automatable; short green bars are resistant.

What is driving my result

lowers risk
raises risk
Task: Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
Task: Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.

Lower-risk adjacent roles

Clinical Nurse Specialists
33.3
Nurse Midwives
35.7
Nurse Practitioners
35.9

A full, ranked mitigation plan is part of the paid tiers.

How this score is calculated

  1. Map Registered Nurses to its standard O*NET task list (8 core tasks).
  2. Score each task for AI/software exposure (Eloundou et al. 2023) and physical/robotics exposure (an O*NET work-context proxy), each 0 to 100.
  3. The two axis scores are the task averages: AI 38.1, robotics 35.1.
  4. The timeline comes from the higher axis (38.1), shifted for local demand (stable), and seniority. It is read against your remaining working years.
  5. Ranges are about ±12 points. A backtest against real BLS employment change shows the risk ranking holds in aggregate, but individual outcomes are predicted weakly, so results are ranges, never a flat verdict.

Sources: O*NET, Eloundou et al. (2023), GPTs are GPTs, O*NET Work Context, BLS CPI-U, BLS OEWS. Snapshot SNAPSHOT-2026-11-06. Full method and backtest on How it works.

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