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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While a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner can help evaluate medication options, a comprehensive treatment team might also include psychologists, ADHD coaches, and other mental health professionals who can provide additional support and strategies.
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Megan Bruneau, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
After treating the patient, nurse practitioner Avery Morgan (Phillipa Soo) further schools the newbie.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
But as a recent Bloomberg investigation found, some nurse practitioner programs do not adequately prepare their students to care for patients.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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
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Megan Bruneau, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
After treating the patient, nurse practitioner Avery Morgan (Phillipa Soo) further schools the newbie.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
But as a recent Bloomberg investigation found, some nurse practitioner programs do not adequately prepare their students to care for patients.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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
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“Nurse practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nurse%20practitioner. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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