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

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Markley was a nurse practitioner and owned several businesses. Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025 Parker said better ways to increase the number of rural doctors include raising pay, expanding loan repayment programs for those who practice in rural areas, and creating accelerated training for nurse practitioners and physician assistants who want to become doctors. Arielle Zionts, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025 What can affect fertility, however, is cancer that develop from an HPV infection from one of the dozen cancerous strains of the virus, according to Eileen Lind, a pediatric oncology nurse practitioner at the Dana-Faber Cancer Institute. Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025 Our program, in partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal public health system in the country, is addressing these challenges by training the next generation of nurse practitioners to advocate for their patients and communities, while also providing hands-on care. Ann Marie P. Mauro, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nurse practitioner

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nurse practitioner was in 1967

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“Nurse practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nurse%20practitioner. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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

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