Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as complete blood counts (CBCs), electrocardiograms (EKGs), and radiographs (x-rays).

“Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as complete blood counts (CBCs), electrocardiograms (EKGs), and radiographs (x-rays).” is a core task performed by Nurse Practitioners. Among the occupation's 27 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#13 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Analyze health or medical data. in Analyzing Data or Information
• Operate medical equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes
• Order medical tests or procedures. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses. · importance 4.9
• Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines. · importance 4.9
• Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability. · importance 4.8
• Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses. · importance 4.8
• Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary. · importance 4.8
• Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender. · importance 4.8
• Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes. · importance 4.7
• Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized. · importance 4.7
• Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy. · importance 4.7
• Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults. · importance 4.7
• Diagnose or treat acute health care problems, such as illnesses, infections, or injuries. · importance 4.7
• 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. · importance 4.6
• Educate patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances. · importance 4.6
• Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for nurse practitioner practice, including reimbursement of services. · importance 4.5

See all tasks on the Nurse Practitioners page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as complete blood counts (CBCs), electrocardiograms (EKGs), and radiographs (x-rays).},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-18381}
}