Critical Care Nurses
Provide specialized nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.
$97,550 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 43%
- 4%
- 53%
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, 3%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 40%. Today's estimate: 40%.
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 . 29 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 12% | 33 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 10% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests.Done several times a day by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients, based on assessment data or identified needs.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 6% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 6% | 13 min4 min to 33 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems, such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 5% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings.Done several times a day by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, or pressure lines.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, based upon patients' clinical status.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 4% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 4% | 25 min8 min to 1.3 h | 97%Half by now | |
| Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans, based on identified needs and assessment data.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 4% | 25 min13 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people |
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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