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Critical Care Nurses

Provide specialized nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
57/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
49/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage83%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.High
65
Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.High
67
Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients, based on assessment data or identified needs.High
64
Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems.High
65
Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings.High
66
Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans, based on identified needs and assessment data.High
63
Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests.High
51
Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.High
66
Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.High
63
Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.High
39
Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.High
54
Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, based upon patients' clinical status.High
65
Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs, including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems.Medium
64
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.Medium
62
Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems, such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.High
33
Identify patients at risk of complications due to nutritional status.Medium
56
Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, or elective cardioversion.High
67
Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.Medium
64
Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, or pressure lines.High
35
Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.High
39
Participate in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills.Medium
67
Participate in the development, review, or evaluation of nursing practice protocols.Medium
66
Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members, or community members.Medium
62
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.67
  2. Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, or elective cardioversion.67
  3. Participate in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills.67
  4. Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings.66
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.01
  2. Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems.02
  3. Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans, based on identified needs and assessment data.03
  4. Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests.04
  5. Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.05
Where else this work leads

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Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency61
Physical dependency46
Adoption pressure58
Labour-market resilience77
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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