Will AI replace Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses?
Of course. Clear the desk slowly.
Time left: 5 years and 2 months · Group: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
The official job description
Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.
Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.
What licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses do all day (for now)
Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.
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.
Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
Will AI replace licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses?
Of course. Clear the desk slowly. By my count you have 5 years and 2 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses?
5 years and 2 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action. The rest follows.