Will AI replace Nursing Assistants?
Estimated risk score: 20 out of 100
Very low replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (1 to 39).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 33 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 31-1131.00 · Healthcare Support
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 3 of its 33 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Provide information, such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers.
- Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
- Explain medical instructions to patients or family members.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 28 of its 33 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Change bed linens or make beds.
- Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
- Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.
- Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility.
- Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
- Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
What the job is
Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.
Also called: GNA, LNA, CENA, CRMA, STNA, Med Tech, Nurse Aide, Health Aide.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 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. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate