Will AI replace Nursing Assistants?

Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 33 official task statements scored for Nursing Assistants (United States, SOC 31-1131), 0% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 9 out of 100 (range 7–14, band: minimal). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.

Which tasks in “Nursing Assistants” can AI already do?

The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet” (49/100, partial); “Provide information, such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers” (42/100, partial); “Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses” (38/100, low). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.

Which tasks in “Nursing Assistants” stay human?

About 94% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel” (0/100, minimal); “Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers” (0/100, minimal); “Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility” (0/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.

What should someone working in “Nursing Assistants” do about AI?

Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 0% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 94% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.

How is the AI exposure score for Nursing Assistants calculated?

Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 33 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.

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Nursing Assistants

turning or repositioning bedridden patients, supplying, collecting or empty bedpans and communicating with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support. If that's your week, this page is about your job.

The honest answer

AI changes the edges of this job, not the middle: turning or repositioning bedridden patients is work software can't reach.

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Where the work sits, by task weight

shifting to AI: 0%
changing shape: 6%
staying human: 94%

These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.

Whole-job exposure score 9 out of 100 (7–14 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, across 33 scored tasks. The number is the support for the sentence above it, not a headline about anyone’s future.

How we know this

What is measured: Every published task statement for nursing assistants is rated on five dimensions: can a model produce the output, does the work need a body in a room, does it need a legally accountable person, does it depend on a person being trusted in the moment, and how much data exists. A published formula turns those five ratings into the score; the model never writes the number.

How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.

Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-04. Read the full method.

What shifts is reviewing patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet: the paper around the work, not the work.

Your week, as this page understands it

Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants. The job title says “nursing assistants”. The real job is the part underneath: turning or repositioning bedridden patients. That is the thing someone has to be right about.

The exposed part of this job is specific, and we won’t pretend it is coming back. But nursing assistants is not one task. It is 33 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is turning or repositioning bedridden patients, and the ledger below shows exactly why.

Where the work sits, by task weight

shifting to AI: 0%
changing shape: 6%
staying human: 94%

These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.

How we know this

How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.

Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-04. Read the full method.

Your job, task by task

These are the official task statements for this occupation, in plain English, sorted by what the evidence says is happening to each one. The official wording sits under every line so you can check the rewrite against it.

One task scored differently between repeat runs, so its range on this page is wider. We would rather show the wobble than hide it.
9 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.

Shifting to AI

0 tasks

Tasks today’s tools can already do most of. This is the part we will not soften: where these rows are the bulk of your week, the week changes.

Nothing in this job’s scored task list landed in this group. That is the measurement, not an editorial choice, and it is worth knowing either way.

Changing shape

2 tasks

Tasks where the machine takes the producing and a person keeps the checking, the deciding, or the answering-for-it. For most jobs this is the biggest group, and it is where "transformation, not termination" is literally visible.

Reviewing patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet
The software now makes the first pass at patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies and preferences, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 49 out of 100 (42–56 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Checking a patient's diet, allergies and preferences against what is served is a records check software does reliably.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing information, such as directions, visiting hours or patient status information to visitors or callers
The software now makes the first pass at information, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Provide information, such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 42 out of 100 (35–49 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Answering questions about visiting hours, directions and patient status is straightforward information handling that systems can do.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.

Staying human

31 tasks

Tasks that stay with a person, because they happen in the physical world, because the rules need someone accountable, or because the value is that a specific person does them.

Turning or repositioning bedridden patients
This work happens in the physical world: bedridden patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Turn or reposition bedridden patients.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Turning and repositioning someone in bed is physical care that has to be done by hand.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Documenting or otherwising report observations of patient behavior
The ratings behind this row put report observations of patient behavior well outside what today's tools can do on their own.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 38 out of 100 (31–45 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Turning what you observed into a clear note for the nurse is writing work software drafts well from spoken observations.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Providing physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities
This work happens in the physical world: physical support, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Helping someone bathe, dress, stand or walk is physical support given hands-on.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Feeding patients or assisting patients to eat or drink
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Feeding patients or helping them eat and drink is hands-on care at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Answering patient call signals, signal lights, bells or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
This work happens in the physical world: patient call signals, signal lights, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 6 out of 100 (0–13 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Responding to a call bell mostly means going to the bedside and helping, even if the request is spoken first.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Communicating with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 5 out of 100 (1–9 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Sitting with a patient to understand how they feel and what they need is human contact that cannot be handed over.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 4/4 · how much data exists 1/4.
Undressing, washing and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves
This work happens in the physical world: dress patients who are unable, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Washing and dressing a patient is personal care given by hand.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Observing or examining patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 7 out of 100 (3–11 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Spotting bruises, wounds or blood means looking at and being with the patient in person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.

Show the other 23 tasks

Recording vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse or respiration rate
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: vital signs, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 33 out of 100 (26–40 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Vital signs are increasingly taken by devices that record straight into the notes, though someone fits the cuff or probe.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Gathering information from caregivers, nurses or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans or appropriate activities
staying human
The ratings behind this row put information well outside what today's tools can do on their own.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 28 out of 100 (21–35 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Picking up a patient's condition and plan from colleagues is information exchange software can summarise, though much is passed on verbally.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Reminding patients to take medications or nutritional supplements
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Remind patients to take medications or nutritional supplements.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 28 out of 100 (21–35 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Prompting patients to take medication is something reminder systems can do, though a person usually does it face to face.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Measuring and recording food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: food, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 22 out of 100 (15–29 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Measuring intake and output happens at the bedside, but the recording and flagging of changes is easily automated.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Recording height or weight of patients
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: height, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Record height or weight of patients.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 19 out of 100 (12–26 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Getting a patient onto a scale is physical help, though the measurement itself can record automatically.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Explaining medical instructions to patients or family members
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for medical instructions, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Explain medical instructions to patients or family members.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 18 out of 100 (11–25 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Software can put medical instructions into plain words, but patients and families need a person they trust to explain them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Administering medications or treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages or douches
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: medications, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Administer medications or treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages, or douches, as directed by a physician or nurse.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Giving medication and treatments such as catheterisation is hands-on care delivered directly to the patient.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Applying clean dressings, slings, stockings or supporting bandages, under direction of nurse or physician
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: clean dressings, slings, stockings or supporting bandages, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Applying dressings, slings and bandages is hands-on clinical care at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Assisting nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: nurses, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Helping nurses and doctors with equipment and patient care means being physically present and using your hands.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Changing bed linens or making beds
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: bed linens, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Change bed linens or make beds.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Changing linen and making beds is physical work done in the room.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Cleaning and sanitizing patient rooms
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patient rooms, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Cleaning and sanitising rooms and bathrooms is physical work done on the ward.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Collecting specimens, such as urine, feces or sputum
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: specimens, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Collecting urine, stool or sputum samples is hands-on work with the patient.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Positioning or holding patients in position for surgical preparation
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Supplemental
Source: “Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–7 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence, and it moved between repeat runs, so the range is widened.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Positioning and holding patients for surgery is physical support given directly to the patient.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Preparing or serving food trays
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: food trays, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Prepare or serve food trays.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Preparing and carrying food trays to patients is physical work on the ward.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Restocking patient rooms with personal hygiene items
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patient rooms, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Restocking rooms with towels, soap and toiletries is physical work around the ward.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Setting up treating or testing equipment
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: treating, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Set up treating or testing equipment, such as oxygen tents, portable radiograph (x-ray) equipment, or overhead irrigation bottles, as directed by a physician or nurse.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Setting up oxygen tents and portable equipment is physical work done at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Stocking or issuing medical supplies
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: medical supplies, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Stocking and issuing dressing packs and treatment trays is physical handling of supplies.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Supplying, collecting or empty bedpans
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: empty bedpans, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Supplying, collecting and emptying bedpans is hands-on care at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Transporting patients to treatment units
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Moving patients by wheelchair, stretcher or bed is physical work with the patient.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Washing groom, shave or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment or examination
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: groom, shave or drape patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Wash, groom, shave, or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Washing, grooming, shaving and draping patients before procedures is hands-on personal care.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Exercising patients who are comatose
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients who are comatose, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Moving the limbs of patients who cannot move themselves is physical care given by hand.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Lifting or assisting others to lift patients to move them on or off beds
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: this work, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Lifting a patient is direct physical handling of a person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Transporting specimens, laboratory items or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: specimens, laboratory items or pharmacy items, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Carrying specimens and pharmacy items to the right department means physically walking them there.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.

What this job pays, and how many people do it

Median pay: $42,260a year, the middle of the range, so half earn more and half earn less.bls-oews, 2025 · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
How we know this
Source: bls-oews
Reference period: May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
Rounding: Shown as published.
People doing this job: 1,448,910in the US, 2025.bls-oews · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)

What is deliberately not here: a forecast of how many of these jobs exist in ten years. Where an official projection exists for a market we publish it with its vintage; where it does not, we leave the space empty rather than borrow the other country’s number.

Why this is shifting

The reason is boringly specific. Most of what is shifting here is reading one thing and writing another: patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies and preferences in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: reviewing patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet. What it cannot do is be there in the room, and that is still where bedridden patients get done. Which is why this page talks about your tasks changing, not your job ending.

Your move

Over a pint: what I’d tell you if you were my friend

Start with what does not change: turning or repositioning bedridden patients is the middle of this job, and the evidence on this page says it stays with a person.

So, given all that: 0% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 6% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 94% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 33 scored tasks. It is not a forecast about you.

So the thing worth your attention is not the job going away. It is the layer around it. Reviewing patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet is the part turning into software, and being the person who understands that layer is worth money.

This week: one thing

Ask the one question. Find whoever is bringing new software into your workplace (the manager, the office, whoever runs the system) and ask them what it is meant to do to patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies and preferences, and what it is not meant to touch. Ten minutes, this week, before anyone decides it for you.

What you end up holding: a straight answer about what is actually being rolled out, and when
How long it takes: ten minutes

If there’s nobody obvious to ask, or you’d rather not ask your manager: Put the same question to your union rep, your shift lead or the person who has been there longest, in person, over a break. Same ten minutes, same answer, and you will usually get a straighter one. Write down what they say. The note is the artifact, and it tells you whether bedridden patients are in scope or not. Nothing to log into, no license needed.

Over the next 90 days

Get inside the tool rollout rather than waiting for it. Over the next ninety days, ask to be in the group that tests, checks or signs off whatever new system arrives near reviewing patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet. It is usually an unglamorous seat that nobody fights for, and it is the one that decides how the software is used on your job rather than to it.

Over the next 12 months

On this evidence I would not retrain out of this job, and I will say that plainly rather than hedge it. The task list here is dominated by work that stays with a person. What I would do with a year is get formally recognised for the layer around it (the systems, the compliance, the planning), so you are the one who understands the software instead of the one it is done to. Before you pay for anything, use CareerOneStop - Find local training. It is free, it is the Labor Department's own service, and it is listed below with the rest of the free routes.

The roads out of here, and why I am not sending you down them

I looked at the obvious moves out of this job, and here is what I found.

I checked the 12 nearest US occupations to nursing assistants (nearest by the work that AI is not taking, not by job title), and none of them survived. The closest was orderlies: only about 27% of its durable work is work you already do and there are far fewer of those jobs than of yours. And on the numbers you do not need one. This job scores 9/100 here, with only 0% of the task list in the top band, and “turn or reposition bedridden patients” is not work that hands over cleanly. None of them beats deepening what you already have.

How that was checked: this job was compared against all 830 US occupations in this release on their official task statements, and the 12 nearest were examined one by one. A move that turns on an industry, an employer or a qualification rather than on the work itself will not show up in a check like that. And this release carries no licence register, so anything you are weighing needs that looked up separately.

3 moves I checked and rejected

These are the obvious-looking jumps. They are here with their reasons rather than quietly dropped, because the ones that fail are worth knowing about. It is one less thing to turn over at night.

Orderlies
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour because one of your tasks is on their list in the same words: “lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables…”. Across the whole of both lists that adds up to about 27% of the work in that job the software is not taking.
Why I am not recommending it: It is closer than most, and still not close enough: about 27% of that job's durable work is already yours, against the 35% I want to see before I will call something a route. And it is a narrow door: about 52,440 of those jobs against 1,448,910 of yours (OEWS May 2025), 4% as many seats.
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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as…, and their equivalent is to measure and record patients' vital signs. Across both published task lists that is about 14% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: You would be starting most of it from nothing: about 14% of the durable work in that job is work you do today, and the rest you would be learning while the bills carried on.
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Medical Assistants
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already record height or weight of patients, and their equivalent is to interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and…. Across both published task lists that is about 7% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 7% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step.
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What I’d stop worrying about

A friend tells you what not to spend fear on. This is that list.

The headline number you read somewhere
The big “X% of jobs” figures are about the whole economy, not about you. The number that describes your job is on this page: 0% of its task weight, across 33 scored tasks. Every row behind it is printed above with the source. Check ours; ignore theirs.
The headlines about your trade disappearing
They are usually about the technology, not the timetable. Changes to work like turning or repositioning bedridden patients arrive through rules, insurance and money, slowly and visibly. This page tracks the task evidence and will move when it moves.
Retraining out of a job that is holding up
On this evidence I would not spend money leaving. Spend it on the layer around the job instead: the tools, the paperwork, the planning. That is where the change actually is.
The “obvious” next job everyone suggests
I checked the obvious moves and most of them did not survive. The reasons are printed with the routes above, including the pay and the gate. A move that fails on the numbers is worth knowing about so you can stop turning it over at night.

You are reading the United States figures

The United Kingdom splits this work across more than one official group, of which Nursing auxiliaries and assistants is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.

Switch to the United Kingdom page →partial match

In UK official statistics this job is counted as Nursing auxiliaries and assistants. Pay and employment stay on this page’s own group; the task list and the scores do not cross over.

Your route through this

Where to go next, and what it costs

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Why there is no community here

Collab365, who build this site, run paid Spaces for a small number of subjects, and none of them is built for this job. We are not going to point you at the nearest one and call it a fit.

So the free services listed on this page are the whole answer, and it is the same answer we would give a friend.

Noted, and thank you. We’ll email you if a Space for nursing assistants launches. Nothing else.

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No Space for nursing assistants yet. Should there be one?

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Questions people ask about this job

Will AI replace Nursing Assistants?: Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 33 official task statements scored for Nursing Assistants (United States, SOC 31-1131), 0% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 9 out of 100 (range 7–14, band: minimal). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.
Which tasks in “Nursing Assistants” can AI already do?: The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet” (49/100, partial); “Provide information, such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers” (42/100, partial); “Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses” (38/100, low). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.
Which tasks in “Nursing Assistants” stay human?: About 94% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel” (0/100, minimal); “Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers” (0/100, minimal); “Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility” (0/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.
What should someone working in “Nursing Assistants” do about AI?: Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 0% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 94% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.
How is the AI exposure score for Nursing Assistants calculated?: Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 33 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.

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About the data on this page

One task scored differently between repeat runs, so its range on this page is wider. We would rather show the wobble than hide it.
The match between this job and its counterpart in the other country is partial, so the two pages count slightly different groups of people.
9 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.

Task statements: onet-dbProcessing: catalogue-bridge → onet-im-rt-weighting → task-scoring → score-aggregation
Task weights: onet-db (im-rt)
Scores: Rubric task_scoring_v1.0, model claude-opus-5, computed 2026-08-05.
Pay and employment: bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))

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@misc{collab365futureproof2026q41,
  title        = {Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1},
  author       = {{Collab365}},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1},
  note         = {Release 2026-q4.1, methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0, CC BY 4.0}
}

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