Will AI replace a Registered Nurse?
Estimated risk score: 18 out of 100
Very low replacement risk
Estimate · how we score
Our take: Physical, embodied, regulated, and high-trust. One of the safest jobs in this dataset.
Horizon: about 7 years. That is our estimate of how long until headcount in this role falls by 30% or more.
Median salary $85k a year · Healthcare
What AI already does well
- Charting, documentation, and shift handoffs
- Patient-education material delivery
- Routine vitals collection and triage scoring
Why this role holds up
- Bedside care, IVs, wound care, and physical assessment
- Patient communication and family support
- Specialty certifications (ICU, ER, OR, oncology)
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The closest scores in Healthcare, then across all 41 jobs
How we score. Each score is our estimate, from 0 to 100, of how exposed a role is to AI replacement, calibrated against published research: Goldman Sachs on generative AI (2023), McKinsey’s State of AI surveys, Brynjolfsson and Mitchell (Science, 2017) and Frey and Osborne (2013; published 2017). It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree with a score? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. Read the methodology
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