Registered Nurses

Minimal Risk
17%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
10%
(Minimal Risk)
POLLING
24%
(Low Risk)
Average: 17%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
6.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$86,070
or $41.38 per hour
Volume
3,175,390
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
8.1/10

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Calculated automation risk

10% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): Occupations in this category have a low probability of being automated, as they typically demand complex problem-solving, creativity, strong interpersonal skills, and a high degree of manual dexterity. These jobs often involve intricate hand movements and precise coordination, making it difficult for machines to replicate the required tasks.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some very important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

  • Social Perceptiveness

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Finger Dexterity

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Originality

User poll

24% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 10% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Registered Nurses will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Registered Nurses' job openings is expected to rise 6.0% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Registered Nurses' was $86,070, or $41 per hour

'Registered Nurses' were paid 79.1% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 3,175,390 people employed as 'Registered Nurses' within the United States.

This represents around 2.1% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 47 people are employed as 'Registered Nurses'.

Job description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

SOC Code: 29-1141.00

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Zack (No chance) 16 days ago
Charting maybe, but the amount of robots required to perform all the tasks a nurse does from medication administration, turning patients, providing emotional support, assessing patients, and coordinating care with other professionals (I didn't even cover all of the things a nurse does...) would be extremely costly. Nursing will likely be one of the last professions to be automated.
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Enf Oc Voctor Castañeda (Highly likely) 1 month ago
While dexterity with hands, human care, and originality are not easily replaceable by AI, a nurse in any specialty with the help of AI can be much faster and more agile in performing complex calculations and during crucial moments, such as scans and monitoring.
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kei 4 months ago
im sure we would all prefer a robot/ai to offer that warm touch of consolation in a hospice/palliative care setting lol
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AJ 2 months ago
If by all you mean you lol. If I was on my last dying breath in some rundown hospice, I don’t want some android holding my hand. I want a real human connection giving me closure and comfort.
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Seth (No chance) 1 year ago
Impossible bc robots can't do what humans can when assiting patients they are preprogramed.
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Vipul (No chance) 1 year ago
Because registered nurse directly connected with patients.
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Gijs (Low) 1 year ago
I think that if we are at the point that AI takes over nursing jobs, all jobs can in principle be automated by this AI.
Think about it, a nurse needs finger dexterity, be able to be physically precise, be able to partly lift wounded people without hurting them.

Then there's the quick decision making in critical situations. Also the interpersonal skills.

I mean, there could be some automation. The example given of a sleeve that automatically gives IV's and a tray that dishes out medicine is interesting. But is the sleeve going to clean a patient when they suddenly poop themselves? Is the tray going to calm someone down if they have a panic attack?

If the robot has the kind of physical presence that it can do all that on its own and is also intelligent enough to make critical decisions, it's basically going to look like a human. And then this robot probably also could do plumbing, carpeting, HVAC repair, electrician's work, be a doctor, do accounting, do web development, design electrical systems, take people's surveys etc. In other words, if a robot can truly do nursing it can basically do anything and most jobs will already be automated.
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HAer (Low) 1 year ago
Nursing required hands on skills. Placing an IV, redressing wounds, packing wounds, administering shots based on different bodies. A part of nursing is human emotional connection- something Ai cannot do.
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KRC (Highly likely) 1 year ago
As technology advances, triage and vitals will be able to be automated and digitized. Blood draws can be performed by a programmed machine.
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Cranky steph (No chance) 2 years ago
We all want to quit nursing after the last several years, so I really hope someone invents a robot that can do at least some of it.

A deeper healthcare crisis is looming.
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Emilee (Uncertain) 3 years ago
Nursing is very task-oriented, so at least part of the job could probably someday be taken over by robots.
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phil (No chance) 3 years ago
Critical thinking and on the moment action in response to patient changes.
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Anon (No chance) 3 years ago
my boyfriend is a nurse and nobody not even a robot does it better than him
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MBChB (No chance) 4 years ago
You can't automate empathy. Health & Medicine in general should be safe!
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jessie (No chance) 4 years ago
my mum is a nurse
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_a_random_guy_on_the_internet_ 4 years ago
I highly doubt that nurses and other medical professionals would be taken over by robots, it requires a human touch as no robot ever will be able to see what a human sees
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Lisa Browne 4 years ago
There is just no way nursing will ever be replaced by AI. supplemented maybe. But replaced no
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Francisco 4 years ago
That's right baby.... It's too bad there's a dearth of actual humans who actually give a damn about other people though
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TJ (Low) 4 years ago
Some tasks of nursing are being automated, but the overall profession is safe for the moment.
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YT (No chance) 5 years ago
this requires human touch. not robots. Especially those in the home care & old folks home.
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Sierra Iwanow (Low) 5 years ago
Nurses are there to help people where as robots can’t give you advice and reall support then and there like humans and people can.
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