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Will AI replace Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary?
Some of your tasks will be automated. People who use AI will have the edge.
Task exposure to today's AI
Moderate exposure
This is the occupation's typical task mix. Your own score can be up to 30 points higher or lower depending on how you work: routine share, people contact, judgment and how much you already use AI.
Get your personal scoreWill AI replace Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary?
Not entirely. Today's AI tools can take on about 37% of the typical work in this occupation, mostly: prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. The parts that stay human include: Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.; Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.; Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers..
People who learn to use AI for the automatable parts keep the edge. The 3-phase plan below shows where to start.
Which tasks AI can take on
The largest tasks in this occupation, their share of the working week, and how much of each today's AI tools can do.
+ 23 more tasks (44% of the week) in the full test.
Your human edge
- Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
AI tools to try
ChatGPT / Claude for lesson materialsAI quiz and feedback toolsPresentation and image generatorsRelated roles
A 3-phase AI learning plan
Phase 1
Materials and preparation
- Lesson plans, tasks and differentiated materials with AI.
- Quizzes and answer keys.
- Check facts and age-appropriateness yourself.
Project
Use AI to build one full pharmacology unit — lecture outline, 3 differentiated handouts, a 25-item NCLEX-style quiz with rationales — then fact-check every item against your textbook and log hours saved.Phase 2
Feedback and assessment
- Rubrics and feedback drafts with AI.
- Spotting common mistakes across student work.
- Rules for student AI use and academic honesty.
Project
Draft an AI rubric and feedback templates for one care-plan assignment, grade 20 de-identified papers, list the 5 most common errors, and publish a course AI-use and honesty policy.Phase 3
Teaching with AI
- Teach students to use AI critically.
- Assignments that work with AI, not against it.
- Share materials and practice with colleagues.
Project
Run a 90-minute clinical seminar where students prompt AI for a patient teaching plan and critique its errors, then share the lesson and AI-resilient assignment with 3 faculty colleagues.