nurse practitioner

noun

: a registered nurse who is qualified through advanced training to assume some of the duties and responsibilities formerly assumed only by a physician

—abbreviation NP

Examples of nurse practitioner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Doctors, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists will have to do more than ever before to continue to encourage adherence to medicines about which the public will be more skeptical than ever (with the exception, of course, of Ozempic and other GLP1s!). —Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024

These centers can be staffed by doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and other medical professionals. —Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2024

Nurse midwives are nurse practitioners who specialize in midwifery and generally work in hospitals in collaboration with doctors. —Alex Golden, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024

Jackie Spagnuolo is an aesthetic nurse practitioner and the owner of Beauty Nurse NYC in Staten Island, NY. —Iman Balagam, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

nurse practitioner

noun

: a registered nurse who through advanced training is qualified to assume some of the duties and responsibilities formerly assumed only by a physician

—abbreviation NP

called also nurse clinician