Nurse Practitioner

O*NET: Nurse Practitioners·29-1171.00

The Verdict:Nurse practitioners deliver hands-on care — exams, suturing, immunizations — alongside complex diagnosis and treatment. Patients demand human trust for vulnerable interactions. AI aids diagnostics and records but cannot replicate clinical judgment or procedures. Demand surges with aging populations.

Resilience Score

/100

Highly Resilient

Score tiers

Highly Resilient81–100

Resilient61–80

Moderate Risk41–60

High Risk21–40

Critical Risk0–20

How is this scored?

Task Resilience

How much of this role's daily work remains beyond AI and robotic automation.

30% of score

Physical Presence

The degree to which this job needs a human present — hands-on, in the field, or in the room.

20% of score

Human Necessity

How important the unique human edge is — for trust, accountability, or judgment.

15% of score

Regulatory Shield

How strong the legal requirement is for a human in this job (by law, licensing, or credentials).

13% of score

Technological Maturity

How far AI remains from performing this role's core functions.

10% of score

Displacement Evidence

The volume of jobs in this field being eliminated by AI or automation right now.

12% of score

Score last updated: February 2026Full methodology

Avg Salary

Median annual wage from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 release.

$129k

Job Growth (10yr)

Projected change in total number of jobs (not salary) from 2024–2034. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections.

+30.4%

AI Exposure

Percentage of this role's analyzed tasks that AI can handle autonomously or nearly so. 3 of 27 tasks are classified as AI-exposed.

11%

Low exposure

Task Analysis

This role's core work is hard to automate.
16 of 27 tasks require human judgment, presence, or trust. The 30% that are AI-leverage offer an edge — professionals who learn these tools will outperform those who don't.

3exposed

8AI leverage

16human-essential

View all 27 tasks

AI Can Handle This3 tasks

Tasks AI can do autonomously or nearly so

Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.

Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.

Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems, such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources.

AI Leverage8 tasks

Master these tools — humans who do outperform those who don't

Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.

Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.

Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy.

Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as complete blood counts (CBCs), electrocardiograms (EKGs), and radiographs (x-rays).

Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for nurse practitioner practice, including reimbursement of services.

Schedule follow-up visits to monitor patients or evaluate health or illness care.

Maintain departmental policies and procedures in areas such as safety and infection control.

Supervise or coordinate patient care or support staff activities.

Human Advantage16 tasks

Tasks requiring trust, presence, or novel judgment

Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.

Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.

Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender.

Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.

Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults.

Diagnose or treat acute health care problems, such as illnesses, infections, or injuries.

Counsel patients about drug regimens and possible side effects or interactions with other substances, such as food supplements, over-the-counter (OTC) medications, or herbal remedies.

Educate patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances.

Recommend interventions to modify behavior associated with health risks.

Consult with, or refer patients to, appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.

Treat or refer patients for primary care conditions, such as headaches, hypertension, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infections, and dermatological conditions.

Perform routine or annual physical examinations.

Advocate for accessible health care that minimizes environmental health risks.

Perform primary care procedures such as suturing, splinting, administering immunizations, taking cultures, and debriding wounds.

Provide patients or caregivers with assistance in locating health care resources.

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