Acute Care Nurses, task by task.
The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.
Also filed here27
- nurse
- staff nurse
- charge nurse
- admission nurse
- acute care nurse
- care transitions nurse
- chronic condition nurse
- care transitions manager
- msn medical surgical nurse
- admission nurse coordinator
- pediatric acute care unit nurse
- dsu nurse day surgery unit nurse
- cardiac interventional care nurse
- pre op rn preoperative registered nurse
- and 13 more
- SOC code
- 29-1141.01
- Activities scored
- 6
- In O*NET
- 28 activities
- Activities an agent can take on
- 4
- Grounded in
- O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Acute Care NursesSOC 29-1141.01
Document patient care and medical recordsWhat can do this →
88% agentMostly automatable
Analyze test data and patient informationWhat can do this →
85% agentMostly automatable
Process healthcare paperwork and administrative dutiesWhat can do this →
82% agentMostly automatable
Communicate medical information to patients and familiesWhat can do this →
64% agentPartly automatable
Perform emergency medical proceduresWhat can do this →
15% you keepBarely automatable
Administer medications and monitor patient responsesWhat can do this →
12% you keepBarely automatable
The team4 agents 3 need no setup
Medical Documentation Agent
eClinicalWorks EHR software · Microsoft Word · Microsoft Excel
Needs eClinicalWorks EHR software
Clinical Analysis Agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Access · Web
No integration needed
Healthcare Administration Agent
Microsoft Office software · Microsoft Outlook · Docs
No integration needed
Patient Communication Agent
Microsoft Teams · Email · Microsoft Word
No integration needed
You keep this
Perform hands-on emergency procedures and life support interventionsMake clinical decisions for medication prescriptions and dosage adjustmentsProvide direct physical patient care and monitoringOwn final accountability for patient safety and treatment outcomes
Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.
Start with these three
The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.
The full activity list
All 28 detailed work activities O*NET records for Acute Care Nurses, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.
Mostly automatable 6
| Activity | Jobs |
|---|---|
| Record patient medical histories | 57 |
| Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment | 37 |
| Maintain medical or professional knowledge | 31 |
| Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals | 27 |
| Process healthcare paperwork | 7 |
| Establish nursing policies or standards | 5 |