Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Task by task

Each task this job involves, as listed by O*NET, rated on whether a large language model like GPT-4 could cut the time it takes by at least half at the same quality. Tasks marked Seen in real AI use appeared in conversations with Claude in April–May 2026 (Anthropic Economic Index).

• AI can speed this up on its own: 2 (9%)
• AI can speed this up with extra software: 7 (30%)
• Little or no AI speed-up: 14 (61%)

• Record food and fluid intake and output.AI can speed this up on its own · core task
• Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.AI can speed this up on its own · supplemental task · Seen in real AI use
• Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
• Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
• Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task · Seen in real AI use
• Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
• Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
• Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
• Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.AI can speed this up with extra software · supplemental task
• Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• 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.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• 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.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Clean rooms and make beds.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task

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