Can AI Replace Nurse Practitioners in 2026?

Lower exposure. AI could handle about 75% of today's nurse practitioners tasks by 2036, and there is a 25% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.

See how not to be replaced

Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

37%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

11% 2030 · 25% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2.1 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

Your survival map

Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.

Your human coreDo it with AIHand to AI

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Acute Care Nurses9% risk by 2036 Nurse Midwives9% risk by 2036 Naturopathic Physicians11% risk by 2036

Your plan

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for nurse practitioner practice, including reimbursement of services".Get visibly better at your human core: "Perform routine or annual physical examinations".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Acute Care Nurses.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Acute Care Nurses — 9% chance of contraction by 2036
Nurse Midwives — 9% chance of contraction by 2036
Naturopathic Physicians — 11% chance of contraction by 2036

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Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses · Clinical Nurse Specialists · General Internal Medicine Physicians · Pediatricians, General

Based on 27 O*NET tasks for "Nurse Practitioners" (SOC 29-1171.00). LLM alone: 4% of tasks; with AI tools: 93%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10