Jobs · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · O*NET-SOC 29-1141.04
Clinical Nurse Specialists: which tasks is AI doing?
4 of its 30 tasks show measurable AI use, and 44% of that use is automation (AI doing the task) rather than augmentation (AI helping a person do it).
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.
Tasks with observed AI use
4 of 30
Claude conversations mapped to this job's tasks
Automation share of that use
44%
The rest is augmentation; all usage: 49%
US employment
3,379,720
BLS, May 2025; broader SOC group 29-1141
US median annual wage
$97,550
For the broader SOC group 29-1141
Which of these does AI already do for you?
Tick the tasks AI handles in your version of this job. Whatever stays unticked is what keeps a person needed: the links a chain waits on. The bars show where people already use AI for each task, from real usage data.
How to read this
Observed use is not the same as replacement. A task can see heavy AI use while the job grows, because the remaining tasks, such as judgment, accountability, and dealing with people, become more valuable. That is the weak-link pattern behind the explainer.
Task lists and wages are US data. The tasks are broadly similar in other countries; pay and employment are not. For your own economy, see work and jobs by country.
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