Will “Head Nurse” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

0 % Chance of Automation

“Head Nurse” will never be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #46 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1141.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 72,180.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 34.00
Currently, there are 2,857,180 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Registered Nurses”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Head Nurse”

Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students.
Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.
Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.
Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing.
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
Hand items to surgeons during operations.
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.
Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.
Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance.
Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
Conduct specified laboratory tests.
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.
Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers.
Engage in research activities related to nursing.
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.

Related Technology & Tools

Suture removal kits
Partial masks
Upper extremity prosthetic devices
Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
Jackson-Pratt drains
Angiocaths
Skin traction equipment
Epidural catheters
Russell's traction equipment
Heparin locks
Fetal scalp electrodes
Tablet computers
Nasal suctioning equipment
Hospital beds
Endotracheal ET tubes
Glucose testing equipment
Pelvic traction equipment
Lukens traps
Manually operated oxygen supply resuscitators
Phototherapy equipment
Oxygen tanks
Non-rebreather masks
Continuous enteral feeding equipment
Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
Mayo trays
Apnea monitors
Flash sterilizers
Snellen eye charts
Balanced suspension traction equipment
Peripheral intravenous IV locks
Phaco consoles
Electronic blood pressure monitors
Gait belts
Colposcopes
Double lumen catheters
Automated medicine dispensing equipment
Staple removers
Urinary catheters
Retractors
Tourniquets
Vest restraints
Bilimeters
Medical encyclopedias
Pelvic specula
Occlusion clamps
Laryngoscope blades
Medical tuning forks
Limb restraints
Canes
Lancets
Defibrillators
Tracheal suctioning equipment
Pulmonary artery catheters
Laser printers
Suture needleholders
Urinalysis test strips
Colonoscopy equipment
Head immobilizers
Nasal cannulas
Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
Nebulizers
Bucks traction equipment
Peripheral butterflys
Isolettes
Fetal monitors
Walkers
Cervical collars
Surgical drapes
Anti-embolism elastic stockings
Leather restraints
Oxyhoods
Loop electrosurgical excision procedure LEEP equipment
Lower extremity prosthetic devices
Overhead clinical trapezes
Meconium aspirators
Intravenous IV equipment
Scalpels
Continuous passive motion CPM machines
Surgical clamps
Spine boards
Epidural pumps
Arterial line catheters
Computerized electrocardiography EKG and hemodynamic monitoring systems
Ventilators
Telemetry units
Umbilical catheters
Sequential compression devices
Pocket personal computers PC
Oxygen administration equipment
Grounding pads
Infusion pump enteral feeding tubes
Photopheresis systems
Torso immobilizers
Infusion control devices
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Single lumen catheters
Intravenous IV tubing
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Incentive spirometers
Otoscopes
Pleuravacs
Curved hemostats
Autoclaves
Binocular light compound microscopes
Triple lumen catheters
Bag-valve masks
One-way valve protective shields
Vacutainer sleeves
Notebook computers
Personal computers
Heelstick blood sampling equipment
Patient lifters
Transport cardiac monitors
Flexible sigmoidoscopes
Suture needles
Nasogastric tubes
Manometers
Oxygen flowmeters
Centrifuges
Insulin pumps
Blood warming equipment
Intermittent enteral feeding equipment
Blood collection needles
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Oral suctioning equipment
Intravenous syringe pumps
Infant warmers
Manual blood pressure monitors
Titmus vision screeners
Hemovac drains
Infant security sensors
Tracheostomy collars
Pacemakers
Chemotherapy spill kits
Hemostats
Reflex hammers
Syringes
Mechanical stethoscopes
Percussion hammers
Ventimasks
Mechanical lift devices
Vacutainer tubes
Crutches
Straight hemostats
Phaco apparatus
Cooling blankets
T-pieces with aerosol
Electrosurgical devices
Ventricular assist devices VAD
Oxygen regulators
Cardiac monitors
Electrocardiography EKG units
Surgical lights
Enema equipment
Suction equipment
Tuberculosis TB skin test equipment
Intracranial pressure monitors
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Urine analysis equipment
Traction equipment
Arterial blood gas testing equipment
Levine tubes
Intubation stylets
Aqua K pads
Autotransfusion systems
Manual resuscitation bags
Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
Peripheral angiocaths
Cardiac monitor electrodes
Rape kits
Splints
Capillary glucose monitors
Pulse oximeters
Bed scales
Doppler pulse measurement devices
Cervical traction equipment
Bladder irrigation equipment
Gastrointestinal GI endoscopes
Intramuscular needles
Swab dryers
Venous Oxygen Saturation SVO2 monitors
Audiometers
Personal digital assistants PDA
Telemedicine equipment
Vacuum extractors

IDX Systems
Microsoft Access
Electronic medical record EMR software
IBM Notes
Microsoft Excel
Diagnostic and procedural coding software
DoctorsPartner EMR
Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
Microsoft Outlook
MEDITECH software
Epic Systems
Data entry software
Kronos Workforce Timekeeper
Microsoft Office
Drug guide software
Microsoft SharePoint
QuadraMed Affinity Healthcare Information System
PCC EHR
Medical condition coding software
HMS
Microsoft Word
Human resource management software HRMS
Misys Healthcare Systems Misys CPR
Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager
Misys Healthcare Systems Misys HomeCare
Medical procedure coding software
Per-Se Technologies ORSOS One-Call
Siemens SIENET Sky
Microsoft PowerPoint