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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #144 of 702. Estimated risk: 5.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

51%

“Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 51% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

47%

“Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 47% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: 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.

Avg. Annual Salary $64,150
Avg. Hourly Wage $30.84
Available Jobs (US) 632,430
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses #29-2061
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

  • Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.

  • Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.

  • Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.

  • Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.

  • Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.

  • Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

  • 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.

  • Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.

  • Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

  • Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.

  • Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.

  • Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.

  • Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

  • Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.

  • Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.

  • Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.

  • Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.

  • Record food and fluid intake and output.

  • Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.

  • Provide 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.

  • Clean rooms and make beds.

Technologies & Software

  • Abridge
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • YouTube
  • Medical procedure coding software
  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • FaceTime
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
  • Nabla Copilot
  • Zoom
  • MEDITECH software
  • Glass AI
  • Diagnostic and procedural coding software
  • PointClickCare healthcare software
  • Scheduling software
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • MedicWare EMR
  • Epic Systems
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Infusion management software
  • Medical condition coding software
  • Telephone triage software
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Inventory tracking software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Microsoft Word
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Amboss AI
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Prescription processing software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • DeepSeek
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Word processing software
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Epic AI
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Google Drive
  • Perplexity AI
  • Web browser software
  • Traction equipment
  • Hyper/hypothermia blankets
  • Portable nebulizers
  • Wheelchair belts
  • Circo-electric beds
  • Bag infusion systems
  • Hollow needles
  • Hemovac drains
  • Oxygen tubing
  • Handheld spirometers
  • Pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
  • Limb restraints
  • Infusion controllers
  • Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
  • Fabric body holders
  • Needleless intraveneous IV sets
  • Respiration monitors
  • Heparin locks
  • Syringes
  • Electronic compressor nebulizers
  • Abdominal binders
  • Enema equipment
  • Blood glucometers
  • Needleless glucometers
  • Flexible nasogastric tubes
  • Clinical trapezes
  • Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
  • Ultrasonic cardiac output monitors
  • Balkan frames
  • Traction weights
  • Patient lifters
  • Rotating bed
  • Crutches
  • Evacuated blood collection tubes
  • Restraints
  • Capillary tubes
  • Open infusion systems
  • Urinary catheters
  • Oxygen masks
  • Hemoglobinometer machines
  • Infusion sets
  • Neck braces
  • Electronic stethoscopes
  • Pneumatic boots
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Intermittent infusion sets
  • Compressor tabletop nebulizers
  • Lancets
  • Infusion pumps
  • Gastric suction equipment
  • Ankle restraints
  • Heart monitors
  • Ultrasonic nebulizers
  • Intubation suctioning kits
  • Notebook computers
  • Oxygen cylinders
  • Air fluidized beds
  • Saturation of oxygen SaO2 monitors
  • Needleless intravenous IV withdrawal equipment
  • Personal computer PC-based spirometers
  • Bucks extensions
  • Butterfly needles
  • Non-invasive cardio respiratory monitors
  • Intravenous IV needles
  • Wheelchairs
  • Electrocardiography EKG units
  • Oxygen supplies
  • Walking braces
  • Intramuscular needles
  • Jackson-Pratt drains
  • Lap belts
  • Non-vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
  • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
  • Pediatric nebulizers
  • Dialysis machines
  • Gait belts
  • Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
  • Ultrasonic Doppler equipment
  • Frames
  • Digital spirometers
  • Pocket spirometers
  • Safety belts
  • Desktop computers
  • Posey vests
  • Safety vests
  • Pulse oximeters
  • Automated spirometers
  • Mercury blood pressure measuring equipment
  • Telemetry units
  • Tourniquets
  • Tablet computers
  • Safety infusion systems
  • Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB apparatus
  • Non-invasive cardiac output monitors
  • Ostomy equipment
  • Glucometers
  • Closed infusion systems
  • Apnea monitors
  • Over-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
  • Canes
  • Crutchfield tongs
  • Safety jackets
  • Filtered intravenous IV catheter tubing
  • Knee braces
  • Walkers
  • Transfer boards
  • Intradermal needles
  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Tracheotomy tubes
  • Blood transfusion drip regulators
  • Suture removal kits
  • Personal computers
  • Wrist restraints
  • Nebulizers
  • Safety needles
  • Halo traction equipment
  • Vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
  • Through-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
  • Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
  • Electronic blood pressure units

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