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How exposed to AI is a Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurse?

Of the 23 tasks O*NET lists for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, 1 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
Charge NurseClinic Licensed Practical Nurse (Clinic LPN)Clinic NurseHome Health Licensed Practical Nurse (Home Health LPN)Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)Office NursePediatric LPN (Pediatric Licensed Practical Nurse)Private Duty NurseRadiation Oncology NurseTriage LPN (Triage Licensed Practical Nurse)
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
23
tasks rated for this occupation
11%
hold a degree, from a survey of 35
641k
people do this job in the US
55 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

1
  • Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures

Only with software built on top

8
  • Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
  • Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration
  • Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts
  • Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary
  • Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions
  • Record food and fluid intake and output
  • Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet
  • Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics

Cannot be sped up

14
  • Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations
  • Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them
  • Supervise nurses' aides or assistants
  • Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers
  • Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples
  • Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking
  • Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles
  • Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks
  • Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave
  • Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms
  • Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons
  • Clean rooms and make beds
  • Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments
  • Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants
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.