Clinical Nurse Specialists
Direct nursing staff in the provision of patient care in a clinical practice setting, such as a hospital, hospice, clinic, or home. Ensure adherence to established clinical policies, protocols, regulations, and standards.
$97,550 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 17%
- 9%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 11%. Today's estimate: 15%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 30 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 10% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Develop and maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or patient care standards, based on evidence-based practice guidelines or expert opinion.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 1 work day3.3 h to 3.1 work days | 6%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Develop, implement, or evaluate standards of nursing practice in specialty area, such as pediatrics, acute care, and geriatrics.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 10% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Lead nursing department implementation of, or compliance with, regulatory or accreditation processes.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 10% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | Stays with people | |
| Design evaluation programs regarding the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 10% | 2.5 work days6.7 h to 1.3 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2028 | |
| Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 1 work day2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Develop nursing service philosophies, goals, policies, priorities, or procedures.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 4%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or infection control standards.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Instruct nursing staff in areas such as the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of disability, illness, management, technology, or resources.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated specialty, such as obstetrics, neurology, oncology, or neonatal care.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments, developing differential diagnoses, conducting specialized tests, or prescribing medications or treatments.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Participate in clinical research projects, such as by reviewing protocols, reviewing patient records, monitoring compliance, and meeting with regulatory authorities.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
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