Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.

“Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.” is a core task performed by Nursing Assistants. Among the occupation's 33 rated tasks, workers place it 19th by importance (#15 most important). About 80% 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.

• Maintain health or medical records. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

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 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Turn or reposition bedridden patients. · importance 4.8
• Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs. · importance 4.7
• Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink. · importance 4.6
• Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation. · importance 4.6
• Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff. · importance 4.6
• Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses. · importance 4.5
• Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising. · importance 4.5
• Remind patients to take medications or nutritional supplements. · importance 4.5
• Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet. · importance 4.5
• Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves. · importance 4.4
• Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine. · importance 4.4
• Supply, collect, or empty bedpans. · importance 4.4
• Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers. · importance 4.4
• Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support. · importance 4.4

See all tasks on the Nursing Assistants 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.

@misc{singulariki-task-19333,
  title  = {Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.},
  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-19333}
}