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nurse-practitioner

American  
[nurs-prak-tish-uh-ner] / ˈnɜrs prækˈtɪʃ ə nər /
Or nurse practitioner

noun

  1. a registered nurse who has received special training for diagnosing and treating routine or minor ailments. NP

nurse practitioner British  

noun

  1. a nurse who has specialized advanced skills in diagnosis, psychosocial assessment, and patient management and is permitted to prescribe certain drugs

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Etymology

Origin of nurse-practitioner

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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One that did said that they heard hospitals were focusing on a nurse-practitioner led ER-staffing model, so they were holding off on physician hires for now.

From Slate • May 1, 2020

Joan Kitten, a nurse-practitioner in Fort Dodge, said that she picked O’Rourke even before he got to town.

From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019

Sister Bernie is a nurse-practitioner who first persuaded Stan Brock to bring RAM to Virginia back in 1999.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2016

Warm and friendly, Mr. Hartman, 50, has a habit of talking adoringly about his nurse-practitioner wife and track-star daughters in a winning Texas twang.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2016

A few days later she took me to a nurse-practitioner, who listened to my yearnings for my mother.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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