Registered Nurses
The short answer
Parts of this job are expected to change. AI can already assist with some of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 14,445 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth for how much AI could touch it—right around the middle.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a third of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 69% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems, such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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