Will AI Replace Registered Nurses?

Record patients' medical information and vital signs.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Conduct specified laboratory tests.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Engage in research activities related to nursing.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.