Will AI replace Registered Nurses?

Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 137 official task statements scored for Registered Nurses (United States, SOC 29-1141), 15% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 29 out of 100 (range 24–36, band: low). 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 “Registered Nurses” can AI already do?

The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions” (88/100, very high); “Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care” (85/100, very high); “Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records” (75/100, high). 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 “Registered Nurses” stay human?

About 71% 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: “Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects” (0/100, minimal); “Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use” (0/100, minimal); “Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, or elective cardioversion” (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 “Registered Nurses” do about AI?

Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 15% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 71% 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 Registered Nurses 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 137 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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Registered Nurses

evaluating patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs, collaborating with members of multidisciplinary health care teams and collecting specimens for laboratory tests. If that's your week, this page is about your job.

The honest answer

AI changes the edges of this job, not the middle: performing emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support, BLS) is work software can't reach.

Your move: what you can actually do about this ↓

Where the work sits, by task weight

shifting to AI: 15%
changing shape: 14%
staying human: 71%

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

Whole-job exposure score 29 out of 100 (24–36 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, across 137 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 registered nurses 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 documenting patients' medical and psychological histories. This page scores what today's tools actually do, not headlines.

Your week, as this page understands it

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required. The job title says “registered nurses”. The real job is the part underneath: performing emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support, BLS), advanced cardiac life support, ACLS) and other condition-stabilizing interventions. 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 registered nurses is not one task. It is 137 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is performing emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support, BLS), advanced cardiac life support, ACLS) and other condition-stabilizing interventions, and the ledger below shows exactly why.

Where the work sits, by task weight

shifting to AI: 15%
changing shape: 14%
staying human: 71%

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.
12 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

19 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.

Documenting patients' medical and psychological histories
This is reading one thing and writing another: patients' medical and psychological histories in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Histories, plans and outcomes are written records that software drafts accurately, with the clinician checking and signing.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Compiling and analyzing data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests
This is reading one thing and writing another: data in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Pulling together and analysing monitoring data is number work software does faster and more consistently than by hand.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Maintaining departmental policies, procedures, objectives or infection control standards
This is reading one thing and writing another: departmental policies, procedures, objectives or infection control standards in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or infection control standards.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 62 out of 100 (55–69 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Keeping policies and infection control standards current is document work software supports well, with clinical sign-off.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Documenting data related to patients' care
This is reading one thing and writing another: data in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Care notes are structured writing that software drafts accurately, with the nurse checking and signing them off.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.

Changing shape

23 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.

Educating patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions
The software now makes the first pass at patients, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Educate patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, or treatment plans.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 40 out of 100 (33–47 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; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Explanations about conditions and medicines are easy to produce, but people take them in from someone they trust.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Reading current literature
The software now makes the first pass at current literature, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 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: Keeping up with nursing research means reading published literature, which software summarises well, though conferences involve being there.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Developing, implementing or evaluating standards of nursing practice in specialty area
The software now makes the first pass at standards of nursing practice, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Develop, implement, or evaluate standards of nursing practice in specialty area, such as pediatrics, acute care, and geriatrics.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Practice standards are documents written from published evidence, which software drafts well for specialists to check.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.

Staying human

95 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.

Evaluating patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patients' vital signs, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 30 out of 100 (20–40 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence, and it moved between repeat runs, so the range is widened.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Software flags abnormal readings well, but acting on them is a registered nurse's clinical call.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing patients' mental and physical status
This work happens in the physical world: patients' mental, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 10 out of 100 (3–17 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; 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: Judging someone's mental and physical state comes from sitting with them, and the assessment must be made by a qualified clinician.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Discussing illnesses and treatments with patients and family members
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for illnesses, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; 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: Clear explanations are easy to produce, but families take difficult news from a nurse they can see and trust.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · 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 4/4.

Show the other 127 tasks

Designing patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: patient education programs in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 88 out of 100 (81–95 allowing for uncertainty): very high 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: Patient information materials are writing and design work that software produces to a good standard for checking.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Reading current literature
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: current literature in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 85 out of 100 (78–92 allowing for uncertainty): very high 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: Keeping up with published research is reading and summarising, which software does quickly and well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Maintaining accurate, detailed reports and records
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: accurate, detailed reports and records in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Care records are written notes; software drafts them well, though the nurse must check and sign what goes in.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Preparing reports to document patients' care activities
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: reports in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Prepare reports to document patients' care activities.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Care activity reports are summaries of recorded data, which software produces accurately for the nurse to check.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Documenting patients' medical histories and assessment findings
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: patients' medical histories in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Histories and assessment findings are written notes that software drafts accurately, with the nurse checking them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Documenting patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes or planning revisions
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes or planning revisions in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Recording plans, actions and outcomes is structured writing software drafts accurately for the nurse to sign.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Performing administrative duties that facilitate admission
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: administrative duties in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Perform administrative duties that facilitate admission, transfer, or discharge of patients.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 74 out of 100 (67–81 allowing for uncertainty): high 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: Admission, transfer and discharge paperwork is form-filling and system entry that software handles reliably.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Engaging in research activities related to nursing
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: research activities in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 3 · Supplemental
Source: “Engage in research activities related to nursing.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 72 out of 100 (65–79 allowing for uncertainty): high 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: Nursing research is reading, analysing and writing, which software does well, though studies involving patients need proper oversight.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: the quality in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 66 out of 100 (59–73 allowing for uncertainty): high 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: Judging how well nursing practice is working means analysing audit and outcome data, which software does thoroughly.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Designing evaluation programs regarding the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: evaluation programs regarding the quality in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Design evaluation programs regarding the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 66 out of 100 (59–73 allowing for uncertainty): high 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: Designing an evaluation programme is planning and writing based on documented methods, which software handles well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Analyzing the indications, contraindications, risk complications and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: the indications, contraindications in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Analyze the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 62 out of 100 (55–69 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Weighing up when a treatment helps or harms draws on published evidence, which software is well suited to searching and comparing.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Identifying patients at risk of complications due to nutritional status
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: patients in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Identify patients at risk of complications due to nutritional status.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 62 out of 100 (55–69 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Nutrition risk scoring uses recorded weights, intake and lab values, which software checks consistently against published thresholds.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Developing and maintaining departmental policies
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: departmental policies in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Develop and maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or patient care standards, based on evidence-based practice guidelines or expert opinion.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 62 out of 100 (55–69 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Writing and updating care standards from published guidelines is document work software drafts well for expert review.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Developing nursing service philosophies, goals, policies, priorities or procedures
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: service philosophies, goals, policies, priorities or procedures in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Develop nursing service philosophies, goals, policies, priorities, or procedures.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 61 out of 100 (54–68 allowing for uncertainty): high 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: Goals, policies and procedures are written documents that software drafts well for the department to agree.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Participating in the development of practice protocols
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: the development of practice protocols in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Participate in the development of practice protocols.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 61 out of 100 (54–68 allowing for uncertainty): high 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: Practice protocols are written from published evidence, which software is good at pulling together for expert review.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Developing practice protocols for mental health problems
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at practice protocols, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Develop practice protocols for mental health problems, based on review and evaluation of published research.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Reading and summarising published research into a written protocol is desk work that software does well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring the use and status of medical and pharmaceutical supplies
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at the use and status of medical and pharmaceutical, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Monitor the use and status of medical and pharmaceutical supplies.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 54 out of 100 (47–61 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: Keeping track of supplies and their expiry is stock data that software monitors well.
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 4/4.
Performing discharge planning for patients
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at discharge, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Perform discharge planning for patients.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Discharge planning follows documented pathways and involves pulling together records and services, which software does well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Referring patients for specialty consultations or treatments
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at patients, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Refer patients for specialty consultations or treatments.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Referring on follows documented criteria and is largely a matter of filling in the right form.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Participating in the development, review or evaluation of nursing practice protocols
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at the development, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Participate in the development, review, or evaluation of nursing practice protocols.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Practice protocols are written from published evidence, which software pulls together well for clinicians to review.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Ordering, interpreting and evaluating diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at diagnostic tests, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 52 out of 100 (45–59 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Reading test results is something software does accurately, but ordering tests is a decision the law reserves for qualified clinicians.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Interpreting diagnostic or laboratory tests
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at diagnostic, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs) and renal functioning tests.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 52 out of 100 (45–59 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Reading traces and blood results is pattern work software does well, though a qualified clinician acts on it.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Writing nursing orders
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at orders, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Write nursing orders.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 52 out of 100 (45–59 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Nursing orders can be drafted from guidelines, but signing them is reserved for a qualified nurse.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Interpreting information obtained from electrocardiograms
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at information, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms (EKGs) or radiographs (x-rays).” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 52 out of 100 (45–59 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Reading traces and scans is pattern work software is genuinely good at, though a qualified clinician signs off the finding.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Referring students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at students, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 48 out of 100 (41–55 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Matching a patient to the right service is a lookup against documented criteria, which software does well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Developing or assisting others in development of care and treatment plans
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at this work, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Develop or assist others in development of care and treatment plans.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 48 out of 100 (41–55 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Care plans follow documented pathways software can draft from a patient's record, with a clinician approving them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Participating in clinical research projects
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at clinical research projects, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Participate in clinical research projects, such as by reviewing protocols, reviewing patient records, monitoring compliance, and meeting with regulatory authorities.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 48 out of 100 (41–55 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Reviewing protocols, records and compliance is document checking, which software does thoroughly and consistently.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Performing administrative or managerial functions
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at administrative or managerial functions, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 46 out of 100 (39–53 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; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Rotas, budgets and unit plans are desk work software handles well, though leading the team is a human job.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Consulting with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at institutions, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 46 out of 100 (39–53 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; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Position papers and professional submissions are writing tasks software supports well, though the discussions happen between people.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Distinguishing between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at normal, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 46 out of 100 (39–53 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; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: What counts as normal at each age is documented in detail, though telling normal from abnormal often means seeing the patient.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Assisting patients in organizing their health care system activities
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at patients, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 46 out of 100 (39–53 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; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Helping someone keep track of appointments and services is organising information, which software does well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Teaching classes in mental health topics
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at classes, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · Supplemental
Source: “Teach classes in mental health topics, such as stress reduction.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 43 out of 100 (36–50 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; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Course material on stress and mental health is easy to produce, though the class itself is taught to people in a room.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Coordinating or conducting educational programs or in-service training sessions on topics
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at educational programs, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Coordinate or conduct educational programs or in-service training sessions on topics such as clinical procedures.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 43 out of 100 (36–50 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; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Course content on clinical procedures is well documented and easy to draft, though sessions are run in person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Identifying training needs or conducting training sessions for nursing students or medical staff
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at needs, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Identify training needs or conduct training sessions for nursing students or medical staff.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 43 out of 100 (36–50 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; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Spotting training gaps and building sessions is document and design work, though the teaching happens with people.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Planning, providing or evaluating educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members or community members
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at educational programs, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members, or community members.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 43 out of 100 (36–50 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; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Course design and materials are well within software's reach, though teaching sessions are delivered to people.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Directing or coordinating infection control programs
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for infection control programs, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 39 out of 100 (32–46 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Infection control guidance is well documented and easy to draft, though running the programme means working with staff on the wards.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Referring patients requiring more specialized or complex treatment
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patients requiring, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Refer patients requiring more specialized or complex treatment to psychiatrists, primary care physicians, or other medical specialists.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 39 out of 100 (32–46 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; 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: Deciding who to refer on follows documented criteria that software can apply, though the handover is a professional conversation.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Making clinical recommendations
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for clinical recommendations, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Make clinical recommendations to physicians, other health care providers, insurance companies, patients, or health care organizations.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 39 out of 100 (32–46 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; 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: Written clinical recommendations follow documented evidence, but they land differently coming from a known specialist.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Collaborating with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patients, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 39 out of 100 (32–46 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; 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: Discharge and referral planning follows documented pathways software can work through, though the conversation is with the patient.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing consultation to other health care providers in areas
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for consultation, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Provide consultation to other health care providers in areas such as patient discharge, patient care, or clinical procedures.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 39 out of 100 (32–46 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; 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: Advice on discharge or procedures draws on documented practice, though colleagues weigh it partly on who is giving it.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Leading nursing department implementation
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for department implementation, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Lead nursing department implementation of, or compliance with, regulatory or accreditation processes.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 39 out of 100 (32–46 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; 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: Accreditation work is largely evidence gathering and paperwork, though leading the department through it takes a person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Instructing individuals, families or other groups on topics, health education, disease prevention or childbirth and developing health improvement programs
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles individuals, families or other groups and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.” (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; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Health education material is well documented and easy for software to draft, though classes and one-to-one teaching are delivered by a person.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Providing or arranging for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles training and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students.” (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; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Training material is easy to produce from documented practice, though the teaching itself is delivered to people in a room.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Instructing nursing staff in areas
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles staff and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Instruct nursing staff in areas such as the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of disability, illness, management, technology, or resources.” (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; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Teaching material is easy to produce from documented practice, though the instruction is delivered to staff in person.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Recording patients' medical information and vital signs
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients' medical information, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Record patients' medical information and vital signs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 36 out of 100 (29–43 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: Writing the numbers into the record is straightforward and monitors capture many of them, but taking readings means being at the bedside.
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 4/4.
Prescribing or recommending drugs, medical devices or other forms of treatment
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for drugs, medical devices or other forms of treatment, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 35 out of 100 (31–39 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Prescribing is defined in law as an act only a licensed prescriber may perform, whatever software suggests.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 4/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Writing prescriptions for psychotropic medications as allowed by state regulations and collaborative practice agreements
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for prescriptions, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Write prescriptions for psychotropic medications as allowed by state regulations and collaborative practice agreements.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 35 out of 100 (31–39 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Writing a prescription is an act the law allows only a licensed prescriber to carry out.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 4/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Prioritizing nursing care for assigned critically ill patients
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for care, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients, based on assessment data or identified needs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 35 out of 100 (28–42 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Ranking which patient needs attention first follows assessment data software can weigh, but the call sits with a qualified nurse.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Developing, implementing or evaluating programs, outreach activities, community mental health programs and crisis situation response activities
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles programs, outreach activities and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Develop, implement, or evaluate programs such as outreach activities, community mental health programs, and crisis situation response activities.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 34 out of 100 (27–41 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Outreach and community programmes can be designed on paper, though running them depends on people showing up and taking part.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Coordinating patient care conferences
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles patient care conferences and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Coordinate patient care conferences.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 34 out of 100 (27–41 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Arranging a case conference is scheduling and preparing papers, which software handles, though the meeting is between people.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring patients' medication usage and results
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patients' medication usage, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Monitor patients' medication usage and results.” (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: reading one thing and writing another; 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: Tracking doses and results is record-keeping software does well, though changing treatment is a licensed clinician's call.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Teaching patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patient education programs, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Teach patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 32 out of 100 (25–39 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; 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: The teaching content is easy to produce, but delivering it and checking understanding happens with the patient.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Participating in activities aimed at professional growth and development
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for activities, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Participate in activities aimed at professional growth and development, including conferences or continuing education activities.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 31 out of 100 (24–38 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Course material is easy to produce, but professional development is something the individual has to do and be credited for.
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 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Participating in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for professional organizations, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Participate in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 31 out of 100 (24–38 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Course material is easy to produce, but the training has to be completed and credited to the individual nurse.
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 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Working with individuals, groups or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles individuals, groups or families and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 30 out of 100 (23–37 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Community health programmes can be planned on paper, but they work through people meeting and organising together.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Planning, evaluating or modifying treatment programs
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for treatment programs, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Plan, evaluate, or modify treatment programs, based on information gathered by observing and interviewing patients or by analyzing patient records.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 30 out of 100 (23–37 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; 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: Plans can be drafted from patient records, but the observing and interviewing behind them happens face to face.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring, recording and reporting symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: symptoms, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.” (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; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Spotting and writing up changes in a patient relies on watching them closely at the bedside, even though the notes themselves are text.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients' fluid intake, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems, such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.” (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; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Fluid balance is arithmetic on recorded figures and trends are easy to flag, though the measuring happens at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Consulting with psychiatrists or other professionals when unusual or complex cases
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for psychiatrists, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Consult with psychiatrists or other professionals when unusual or complex cases are encountered.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Asking a colleague about a puzzling case depends on their judgement and experience, much of which is not written down.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Ordering, performing
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: the results of diagnostic tests, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “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.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Interpreting results is well within software's reach, but ordering tests is a licensed decision and carrying them out is hands-on.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Participating in patients' care meetings and conferences
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles patients' care meetings and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Participate in patients' care meetings and conferences.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Care conferences are meetings; notes and summaries can be automated, but taking part is a person's contribution.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Prescribing medications and observing patients' reactions
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for medications, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Supplemental
Source: “Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (22–30 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Writing a prescription is something the law allows only a licensed prescriber to do.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 4/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Providing formal and informal education to other staff members
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: formal, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Provide formal and informal education to other staff members.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Teaching materials are easy to produce, but colleagues learn most from someone showing them in the department.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Modifying patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patient treatment plans, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Changing a treatment plan is a clinical decision the law puts in the hands of a qualified nurse or prescriber.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Consulting and coordinating with healthcare team members
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for healthcare team members, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low 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: Care plans can be drafted from records, but agreeing them across a clinical team happens in meetings between people.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Participating in treatment team conferences regarding diagnosis or treatment of difficult cases
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for treatment team conferences regarding diagnosis, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Participate in treatment team conferences regarding diagnosis or treatment of difficult cases.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low 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: Case conferences are discussions between clinicians; software can prepare and summarise them but not take part.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Collaborating with interdisciplinary team members
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for interdisciplinary team members, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, including psychiatrists, psychologists, or nursing staff, to develop, implement, or evaluate treatment plans.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low 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: Treatment plans can be drafted, but agreeing them across psychiatry, psychology and nursing happens in discussion.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Collaborating with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for other health care professionals, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low 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: Coordination across services can be prepared in writing, but agreement is reached in conversation between professionals.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing the impact of illnesses or injuries on patients' health
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for the impact of illnesses, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “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.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low 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: Judging how an illness affects someone's sleep, family life and daily function comes largely from talking with 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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Collaborating with members of multidisciplinary health care teams
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for members of multidisciplinary health care teams, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low 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: Treatment plans can be drafted from records, but the planning happens in team discussion between clinicians.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Collaborating with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for other health care professionals, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans, based on identified needs and assessment data.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low 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: Plans can be drafted from records, but revising them happens in discussion between the clinicians involved.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing urgent and emergent health conditions
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: urgent, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Much of the data comes from monitors software can read, but urgent assessment also means looking at the patient at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Assessing the needs of patients' family members or caregivers
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles the needs of patients' family members and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Assess the needs of patients' family members or caregivers.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 21 out of 100 (14–28 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Understanding what a worried relative needs comes from talking with them and reading how they are coping.
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 3/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Diagnosing psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for psychiatric disorders, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 20 out of 100 (13–27 allowing for uncertainty): low 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: A psychiatric diagnosis rests on what the clinician draws out in conversation, and only a qualified clinician can make it.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Developing and implementing treatment plans
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for treatment plans, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Develop and implement treatment plans.” (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; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Software can draft a plan from the notes, but a registered clinician must agree it and carry it out.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Presenting clients with information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for clients, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Present clients with information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.” (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: reading one thing and writing another; 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: Giving someone what they need to decide about their care is a conversation they must trust, held by a qualified clinician.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Identifying patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patients' age-specific needs, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.” (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; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Age-specific care plans follow published guidance, but changing them rests on knowing this patient and their family.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing the needs of individuals
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: the needs of individuals, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “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 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; work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Assessing someone's health and safety needs often means visiting their home or workplace and seeing the conditions yourself.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing patients' psychosocial status and needs
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patients' psychosocial status, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs, including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems.” (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: Understanding someone's anxiety, grief and support network comes out of conversation and trust built at the bedside.
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.
Providing coaching and mentoring to other caregivers to help facilitate their professional growth and development
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles other caregivers and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Provide coaching and mentoring to other caregivers to help facilitate their professional growth and development.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 17 out of 100 (10–24 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Mentoring works through an ongoing relationship in which the other person trusts your judgement.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring all aspects of patient care
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: all aspects of patient care, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 15 out of 100 (8–22 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; 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: Some monitoring is reading recorded data, but much of it is watching and being with the child.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Evaluating patients' behavior to formulate diagnoses or assessing treatments
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patients' behavior, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Evaluate patients' behavior to formulate diagnoses or assess treatments.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 15 out of 100 (8–22 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: Reading how someone behaves over time comes from being with them, and treatment judgements are made by a qualified clinician.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Observing, interviewing and assessing patients to identify care needs
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Observe, interview, and assess patients to identify care needs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 15 out of 100 (8–22 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; 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: Working out what a patient needs comes from watching and talking with them at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring or evaluating medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: medical conditions of patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Monitor or evaluate medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 15 out of 100 (8–22 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Following a patient's condition means seeing them as well as reading their record, and the judgements are a clinician's.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Diagnosing acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: acute, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 15 out of 100 (8–22 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Spotting a patient about to deteriorate combines bedside signs with data, and the diagnosis is a registered clinician's.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Distinguishing between physiologically- and psychologically-based disorders
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: physiologically-, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Distinguish between physiologically- and psychologically-based disorders, and diagnose appropriately.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 13 out of 100 (6–20 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; 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: Ruling out a physical cause needs examination, and the diagnosis itself must come from a registered clinician.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Identifying malfunctioning equipment or devices
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: equipment, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 13 out of 100 (6–20 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: Alarms and logs can flag a fault, but confirming a device is faulty usually means putting hands on it.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · 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 3/4.
Chairing nursing departments or committees
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles departments and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Chair nursing departments or committees.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 12 out of 100 (5–19 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Chairing a department or committee is leading a group of people who have to follow you.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Monitoring patients for changes in status and indications of conditions
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 10 out of 100 (3–17 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Early warning software spots sepsis patterns well, but stepping in to treat the patient is hands-on ward work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Assessing family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: adaptation levels, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 10 out of 100 (3–17 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
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: Judging how a family is coping depends on sitting with them and reading how they are really doing.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Advocating for patients' and families' needs
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles patients' and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 9 out of 100 (5–13 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Standing up for a family and comforting them works because a real person is there with them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 4/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Directing or supervising less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervising a particular unit
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: less-skilled, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 7 out of 100 (0–14 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
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: Supervising a nursing team on a ward depends on being there and on the trust the staff place in you.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Assessing patients' pain levels or sedation requirements
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients' pain levels, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 7 out of 100 (0–14 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
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: Judging pain and sedation needs relies on seeing and speaking with the patient at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Supervising and monitoring unit nursing staff
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: unit nursing staff, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 7 out of 100 (0–14 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
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: Supervising a unit's nurses depends on being present and on the trust the team places in you.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Conducting individual, group or family psychotherapy for those with chronic or acute mental disorders
staying human
The rules require a named, qualified person to answer for individual, group or family psychotherapy, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Conduct individual, group, or family psychotherapy for those with chronic or acute mental disorders.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 6 out of 100 (2–10 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Therapy works through the relationship between two people, so the person in the room is the point.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 4/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Directing or supervising nursing care staff in the provision of patient therapy
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: care staff, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Direct or supervise nursing care staff in the provision of patient therapy.” (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; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Directing nurses giving therapy depends on being on the unit and on the team's trust in you.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Managing patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients' pain relief, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; 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: Pain and sedation management means giving medicines and watching the patient closely at the bedside, under a qualified nurse.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Conducting pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: pulmonary assessments, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 6 out of 100 (2–10 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Listening to someone's chest means being at the bedside with a stethoscope.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Observing nurses and visiting patients to ensure proper nursing care
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: nurses, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 4 out of 100 (0–11 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
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: Checking care quality by watching nurses and visiting patients depends on being on the ward and seeing it first hand.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Informing physician of patient's condition during anesthesia
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: physician of patient's condition during anesthesia, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 3 · Supplemental
Source: “Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 4 out of 100 (0–11 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
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: Reporting a patient's condition during an anaesthetic means being in theatre watching them moment by moment.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Directing or providing home health services
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: home health services, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Direct or provide home health services.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 3 out of 100 (0–10 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
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: Home health work means travelling to people's houses and caring for them there.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Preparing patients for and assisting with examinations or treatments
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.” (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 value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Getting a patient ready for a procedure and assisting with it is hands-on care.
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 rooms, sterile instruments, equipment or supplies and ensuring that stock of supplies
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: rooms, sterile instruments, equipment or supplies, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Preparing rooms, sterilising instruments and restocking supplies 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 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Administering local, inhalation, intravenous or other anesthetics
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: local, inhalation, intravenous or other anesthetics, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Giving an anaesthetic is a hands-on procedure that only a specifically qualified clinician may perform.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 4/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing health care, first aid, immunizations or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations, schools, hospitals or industry
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: health care, first aid, immunizations or assistance, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.” (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 value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Giving first aid, jabs or rehabilitation help is hands-on care delivered in person.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Performing physical examinations
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: physical examinations, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers.” (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 value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Examining and treating patients at the roadside or a disaster scene is hands-on emergency care.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Conducting specified laboratory tests
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: specified laboratory tests, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Conduct specified laboratory tests.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Running a laboratory test means handling samples and equipment by hand.
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 3/4.
Treating patients for routine physical health problems
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Supplemental
Source: “Treat patients for routine physical health problems.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; 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: Treating a physical health problem means examining and handling the patient in person.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing routine physical health screenings to detect or monitor problems
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: routine physical health screenings, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Provide routine physical health screenings to detect or monitor problems such as heart disease and diabetes.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Physical screening means taking readings and samples from the patient in person.
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 3/4.
Administering medications, including those administered by injection
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: medications, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Administer medications, including those administered by injection.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Giving medication, especially by injection, is a hands-on act performed on 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 3/4.
Providing direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: direct care, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Provide direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments, developing differential diagnoses, conducting specialized tests, or prescribing medications or treatments.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; 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: Examining, testing and prescribing for a patient in person is hands-on care only qualified clinicians may give.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 4/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated specialty
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: specialized direct, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated specialty, such as obstetrics, neurology, oncology, or neonatal 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 value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Providing direct specialist care means being with the patient and doing things for them.
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 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Performing emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support, BLS)
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: emergency medical procedures, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Chest compressions and other life support are physical acts performed on 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 3/4.
Adjusting settings on patients' assistive devices
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: settings, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Supplemental
Source: “Adjust settings on patients' assistive devices, such as temporary pacemakers.” (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: Changing settings on a pacemaker or similar device means working on the device attached 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 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Treating wounds or superficial lacerations
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: wounds, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Treat wounds or superficial lacerations.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Cleaning, closing and dressing a wound is done with your hands on 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 3/4.
Setting up, operate or monitoring invasive equipment and devices
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: up, operate or monitoring invasive equipment and devices, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Set up, operate, or monitor invasive equipment and devices, such as colostomy or tracheotomy equipment, mechanical ventilators, catheters, gastrointestinal tubes, and central lines.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Setting up and running tubes, lines and ventilators is hands-on work with the equipment and 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 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Obtaining specimens or samples for laboratory work
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: specimens, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Obtain specimens or samples for laboratory work.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Taking blood or other samples means physically drawing them from 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 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Administering blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: blood, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Running a transfusion or a drip is a hands-on procedure carried out 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 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing post-mortem care
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: post-mortem care, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Provide post-mortem 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 value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Caring for a patient's body after death is done by hand, with dignity, in person.
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.
Performing approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: approved therapeutic, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, based upon patients' clinical status.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Carrying out a procedure on a patient is hands-on clinical work.
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 3/4.
Administering blood and blood products
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: blood, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Running a transfusion and watching for reactions is done at the bedside by hand.
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 3/4.
Administering medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes or by other methods
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: medications, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Giving medicines by drip, injection or tube is a hands-on procedure 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 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Setting up and monitoring medical equipment and devices
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: and monitoring medical equipment, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, or pressure lines.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Setting up monitors, ventilators and pressure lines is hands-on work with the equipment.
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 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Collecting specimens for laboratory tests
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 for laboratory tests.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Collecting samples means physically taking them from 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 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assisting physicians with procedures, bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation or elective cardioversion
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: physicians, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · Core
Source: “Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, or elective cardioversion.” (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: Assisting with a scope or intubation means standing at the table handling instruments.
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.
Ensuring that equipment or devices are properly
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: equipment, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 3 · Core
Source: “Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.” (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: Putting equipment away properly is physical work on the unit.
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.
Administering medications to patients and monitoring patients for reactions or side effects
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: medications, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · Core
Source: “Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.” (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: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Giving a patient their medicine is a hands-on act that a licensed nurse has to carry out in person.
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 3/4.

What this job pays, and how many people do it

Median pay: $97,550a 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: 3,379,720in 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' medical and psychological histories in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: documenting patients' medical and psychological histories and compiling and analyzing data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests. What it cannot do is be answerable: emergency medical procedures need a named person the rules will accept, and software cannot be that person. 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: performing emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support, BLS) is the middle of this job, and the evidence on this page says it stays with a person.

So, given all that: 15% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 14% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 71% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 137 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. Documenting patients' medical and psychological histories 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' medical and psychological histories, 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 emergency medical procedures 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 educating patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions. 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 registered nurses (nearest by the work that AI is not taking, not by job title), and none of them survived. The closest was elementary school teachers, except special education: it is under the same pressure this job is, it pays 34.4% less and there is a qualification in the way you would have to buy first. And on the numbers you do not need one. This job scores 29/100 here, with only 15% of the task list in the top band, and “evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs” 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.

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Why it looked obvious: a plausible-looking 'caring profession to caring profession' route with real overlap in assessing, instructing and safeguarding people.
Why I am not recommending it: It fails on growth: elementary school teachers -2.0% 2024-2034 (BLS EP), against nursing's +4.9%. It is a pay cut, in those words: 63,970 against 97,550 is -33,580, a 34.4% cut. It fails on state teacher certification. Three barriers on a route out of one of the most durable occupations in the slice - rejected as a primary route.
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Physicians, All Other
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions, and their equivalent is to diagnose or treat disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Across both published task lists that is about 3% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 3% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. The pay gap is the market pricing a barrier: $265,930 against your $97,550 is 2.73× (OEWS May 2025 (both)), and you would be crossing it holding about 3% of their durable work. A gap that size with an overlap that small is a wish, not a route. And it is a narrow door: about 342,720 of those jobs against 3,379,720 of yours (OEWS May 2025), 10% as many seats.
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Emergency Medicine Physicians
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour because one of your tasks is on their list in the same words: “assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements”. Across the whole of both lists that adds up to about 3% of the work in that job the software is not taking.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 3% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. The pay gap is the market pricing a barrier: $335,550 against your $97,550 is 3.44× (OEWS May 2025 (both)), and you would be crossing it holding about 3% of their durable work. A gap that size with an overlap that small is a wish, not a route. And it is a narrow door: about 32,880 of those jobs against 3,379,720 of yours (OEWS May 2025), 1% as many seats.
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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: 15% of its task weight, across 137 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 performing emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support, BLS) 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 Registered specialist nurses is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.

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The other groups this work is counted across:

In UK official statistics this job is counted as Registered specialist nurses, Registered children's nurses, Registered nurse practitioners, Registered mental health nurses, Registered community nurses and Other registered nursing professionals. Pay is shown separately for each of those groups (medians cannot be averaged together), while the task list and the scores on this page are for this group only.

Your route through this

Where to go next, and what it costs

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No Space for this job, but one for what is happening to it

Nothing Collab365 runs is built for registered nurse, and we are not going to point you at the nearest one and call it a fit.

The working behind that

No healthcare Space, and the generalist rule correctly blocks The AI Authority: signing an AI-drafted clinical note is a regulated professional act, not a workflow-design skill.

There is one that is not about a job title at all. The AI Authority is about being the person who directs these tools at work rather than the person they get compared to. That is worth saying here, because 15% of the work on this page is already inside what they can do.

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7 days free, no card needed. Explore up to 2 Spaces before you choose a plan: you pick a plan later, not now.

The AI Authority is a general community about working with AI, not a course for registered nurse. You do not need it to act on anything here: the moves above cost nothing and stand on their own. The data on this page is the same either way.

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Questions people ask about this job

Will AI replace Registered Nurses?: Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 137 official task statements scored for Registered Nurses (United States, SOC 29-1141), 15% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 29 out of 100 (range 24–36, band: low). 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 “Registered Nurses” can AI already do?: The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions” (88/100, very high); “Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care” (85/100, very high); “Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records” (75/100, high). 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 “Registered Nurses” stay human?: About 71% 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: “Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects” (0/100, minimal); “Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use” (0/100, minimal); “Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, or elective cardioversion” (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 “Registered Nurses” do about AI?: Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 15% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 71% 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 Registered Nurses 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 137 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.
12 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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