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How exposed to AI is a Clinical Nurse Specialist?

Of the 30 tasks O*NET lists for clinical nurse specialists, 4 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 14 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
APN (Advanced Practice Nurse)Board Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS-BC)CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist)Critical Care CNS (Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist)Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist (Emergency CNS)ICU CNS (Intensive Care Unit Clinical Nurse Specialist)Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist (Neuroscience CNS)Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (Pediatric CNS)Psychiatric Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist (Psychiatric Adult CNS)Trauma ICU CNS (Trauma Intensive Care Unit Clinical Nurse Specialist)
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
30
tasks rated for this occupation
100%
hold a degree, from a survey of 21
3048k
people do this job in the US
29 of 89
least protected in healthcare practitioners

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

4
  • Provide consultation to other health care providers in areas such as patient discharge, patient care, or clinical procedures
  • Make clinical recommendations to physicians, other health care providers, insurance companies, patients, or health care organizations
  • Prepare reports to document patients' care activities
  • Write nursing orders

Only with software built on top

12
  • Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care
  • Develop and maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or patient care standards, based on evidence-based practice guidelines or expert opinion
  • Develop nursing service philosophies, goals, policies, priorities, or procedures
  • Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing
  • Develop, implement, or evaluate standards of nursing practice in specialty area, such as pediatrics, acute care, and geriatrics
  • Develop or assist others in development of care and treatment plans
  • Plan, evaluate, or modify treatment programs, based on information gathered by observing and interviewing patients or by analyzing patient records
  • Design evaluation programs regarding the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems
  • Present clients with information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions
  • Participate in clinical research projects, such as by reviewing protocols, reviewing patient records, monitoring compliance, and meeting with regulatory authorities
  • Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions
  • Perform discharge planning for patients

Cannot be sped up

14
  • Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems
  • Direct or supervise nursing care staff in the provision of patient therapy
  • Instruct nursing staff in areas such as the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of disability, illness, management, technology, or resources
  • Provide coaching and mentoring to other caregivers to help facilitate their professional growth and development
  • Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or infection control standards
  • Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated specialty, such as obstetrics, neurology, oncology, or neonatal care
  • Monitor or evaluate medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals
  • Coordinate or conduct educational programs or in-service training sessions on topics, such as clinical procedures
  • Observe, interview, and assess patients to identify care needs
  • Lead nursing department implementation of, or compliance with, regulatory or accreditation processes
  • Chair nursing departments or committees
  • Provide direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments, developing differential diagnoses, conducting specialized tests, or prescribing medications or treatments
  • Identify training needs or conduct training sessions for nursing students or medical staff
  • Teach patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.