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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And not only for nurse practitioners, but for new professionals across most sectors of the economy.
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Ryan Craig, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Patients have a doctor or nurse practitioner, but also a care team with a nurse care coordinator, medical assistants, a pharmacist, social worker and behavioral health specialist who work together ensuring seniors’ physical, emotional and social health is addressed.
—Ahunna Okwubunka Anyim, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
Thomas Grant, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, was on call to adjust his medication.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Coleman is also a nurse practitioner in functional medicine, helping people heal the root causes of inflammation and imbalances.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Craig, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Patients have a doctor or nurse practitioner, but also a care team with a nurse care coordinator, medical assistants, a pharmacist, social worker and behavioral health specialist who work together ensuring seniors’ physical, emotional and social health is addressed.
—Ahunna Okwubunka Anyim, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
Thomas Grant, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, was on call to adjust his medication.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Coleman is also a nurse practitioner in functional medicine, helping people heal the root causes of inflammation and imbalances.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Nurse practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nurse%20practitioner. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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