Nursing Talent Network

$60–120/hrrate as listed

Mercor maintains a standing pool of licensed nurses who are matched to AI training and evaluation projects as labs request clinical expertise. You apply once, complete an AI-led screening interview, and get contacted when a project fits your background — typical engagements run 15–30 hours per week.

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What the work involves

This is an open application to a talent network, not a single posting. Once verified, you may be invited to projects where AI labs need nursing judgment: writing realistic clinical scenarios (assessment, triage, medication administration, patient education), grading model responses against standards of care, flagging unsafe or fabricated clinical reasoning, and writing rationales that explain why an answer is wrong — dosing errors, missed red flags, scope-of-practice violations, documentation that wouldn't survive an audit. Some projects ask for reference answers written from scratch; others are pure comparison and rating work against a rubric you're trained on.

What the platform screens for

Mercor's screening is an AI-conducted interview against your uploaded resume. It probes whether your clinical experience is specific and recent: which units, which patient populations, what you personally did versus what your team did. Expect follow-ups that go one layer deeper than your first answer — naming a protocol, then explaining when you'd deviate from it. Licensure and credentials are verified, and reviewers weigh specialty depth (ICU, ED, oncology, peds, psych, perioperative) alongside general bedside experience. Clear written English matters as much as clinical knowledge, since most deliverables are prose.

Logistics and pay

Fully remote and largely asynchronous; most projects have weekly throughput targets rather than fixed shifts.
Typical commitments of 15–30 hours per week, though scope varies by project and some are short bursts.
Observed rates in this category run roughly $60–120/hr, varying with specialty, credential level, and project difficulty — not guaranteed, and set per engagement.
Work is contract-based. Joining the network does not guarantee an invitation; matching is rolling and depends on lab demand.

This fits nurses who want per-diem-style flexibility around clinical work, and who are comfortable being evaluated on writing quality, not just clinical accuracy.

What they look for

Active RN license (or equivalent nursing credential) in good standing
Direct patient care experience — assessment, monitoring, medication administration
Clinical documentation and charting proficiency
Clear, structured written English for rationales and reference answers
Ability to work independently and hit async deadlines without supervision
Specialty depth (ICU, ED, oncology, peds, psych, perioperative) is an advantage

Before you apply

Would you pass this screen?

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Do you hold a current, active registered nurse (RN) or licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) license in good standing?
Active nursing license · required
Do you have at least 2 years of professional nursing experience in direct patient care (e.g., inpatient, outpatient, acute, long-term care)?
Patient care experience · required
Are you located in the United States and authorized to work remotely for US-based contracts?
US work authorization and location · required
Do you have access to a reliable internet connection and a private space to work independently on remote projects?
Remote work setup · preferred

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Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: Confirming genuine clinical depth beyond entry-level exposure; AI labs need evaluators who can spot what realistic nursing looks like across contexts.
A strong answer: Name the settings (ICU, med-surg, ED, etc.), describe the acuity or complexity you handled regularly, and give one concrete example of a monitoring decision you made—not a generic overview.
Where people lose it: Listing job titles without describing what you actually *did* day-to-day, or claiming broad experience that vaporizes when asked for a specific example.