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AI exposure Healthcare practitioners and technical

Will AI replace licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses?

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. US occupation 29-2061.

0.0%

of the time licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 346 of 756 US occupations. No AI use seen in the work yet, along with 410 other occupations.No handover started yet, along with 410 other occupations.

Average US job 7.7%

Among the least exposed jobs there are.Still waiting for liberation.

What AI already does for licensed practical and licensed vocational nursesWhat licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses no longer do alone

O*NET lists 22 tasks for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses. None of them shows meaningful AI use at work yet.

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

22 of the 22 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.Core task
  • Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.Core task
  • Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.Core task
  • Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.Core task
  • Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.Core task
  • Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.Core task
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  • Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.Core task
  • Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.Core task
  • Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.Core task
  • Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.Core task
  • Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.Core task
  • Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.Core task
  • Record food and fluid intake and output.Core task
  • Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.Core task
  • Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.Core task
  • Clean rooms and make beds.
  • Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
  • Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.
  • Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks.
  • Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.
  • Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.
  • Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.

How that compares

Among the 65 healthcare practitioners and technical occupations, licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses rank 39. The group averages 4.1%, and its most exposed job is Medical Records Specialists at 66.7%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

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What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.