Nurse Anesthetists

The short answer

This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York City, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 67 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.

AI can help with or automate about 33% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

Assess patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Develop anesthesia care plans.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Perform pre-anesthetic screenings, including physical evaluations and patient interviews, and document results.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Select and prescribe post-anesthesia medications or treatments to patients.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Perform or evaluate the results of diagnostic tests, such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs).
AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

Manage patients' airway or pulmonary status, using techniques such as endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, and extubation.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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None of the usual next-step jobs in New York Cityclear all three bars right now: enough openings, pay within 10% of yours, and no higher AI exposure. That doesn't mean you're stuck—here are the closest options, with an honest label on what falls short.

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Showing the 6 closest of 11 related jobs we looked at—the rest fall short on the same measures.