Jobs / Healthcare / 29-1171.00

Nurse Practitioners

Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.

US jobs
323,040
Median wage
$132,300 a year
Job family
Healthcare

Can agents do the work of nurse practitioners?

We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)

Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.

Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.

0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.

  • 12%Prescribe medical treatments or devicesNot measured
  • 11%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
  • 10%Advise patients or clients on medical issuesNot measured
  • 7%Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseasesNot measured
  • 6%Diagnose health conditions or disordersNot measured
  • 5%Analyze health or medical dataNot measured
  • 4%Maintain health or medical recordsNot measured
  • 4%Develop patient or client care or treatment plansNot measured

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.

Direct evidence

Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

  • OSWorld 2.0by HKU and Snorkel AIProject level · Binary completion rate (full set, 500 steps)
    44.3%Claude Opus 5 (max, batch tool) · 17 Sep 2026
    Emerging
  • SOP-Benchby AmazonTask level · Task success rate
    72.4%Claude 4 Opus (ReAct agent) · 23 Feb 2026
    Strong

Context only

These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.

  • GDPvalby OpenAIProject level · Wins plus ties against experts
    84.9%GPT-5.5 · Apr 2026
    Strong
  • GDPval-AAby Artificial AnalysisProject level · GDPval-AA Elo
    1866 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) · 10 Oct 2026
    Unrated

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
  • Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
  • Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
  • Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.
  • Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.
  • Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender.
  • Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
  • Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.
  • Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy.
  • Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults.
  • Diagnose or treat acute health care problems, such as illnesses, infections, or injuries.
  • Counsel patients about drug regimens and possible side effects or interactions with other substances, such as food supplements, over-the-counter (OTC) medications, or herbal remedies.
Other job titles for this occupation (39)

ACNP (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner) · Adult Nurse Practitioner · Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) · ARNP Specialist (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Specialist) · Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) · Family Practice Certified Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner · Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner · Nurse Practitioner (NP) · Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) · Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner · Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) · Advanced Practice Provider · Cardiology Nurse Practitioner · Certified Nurse Practitioner · Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner · CPNP (Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) · Dermatology Nurse Practitioner · Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner · Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner · Family Health Nurse Practitioner · FNP (Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner) · FNP (Family Practice Nurse Practitioner) · General Surgery NP (General Surgery Nurse Practitioner) · Gerontological Nurse Practitioner · Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioner · Licensed Nurse Practitioner (LNP) · Medical Surgery Nurse · Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) · Neurosurgical Nurse Practitioner · OB-GYN NP (Obstetrics-Gynecology Nurse Practitioner) · Orthopedic Nurse Practitioner · Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner · PCNP (Primary Care Nurse Practitioner) · Psychiatric Mental Health NP (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner) · Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner · Surgical Nurse Practitioner · Travel NP (Travel Nurse Practitioner) · Urgent Care NP (Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner) · Wound Care NP (Wound Care Nurse Practitioner)