Low to No Risk

13

Moderate Risk

0

High Risk

8

Extreme Risk

2

• 1.2Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
• 2Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
• 2Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
• 1.2Provide 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.
• 1.5Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
• 0.8Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
• 0.7Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
• 1.1Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
• 0.5Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
• 2.2Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
• 1.5Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
• 0.5Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks.
• 0.7Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.

43.5% of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses tasks can be automated with AI or robotics