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 the creation of new positions that could help alleviate the doctor shortage, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, is also failing to keep pace with the cascading labor shortage.
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Beth Greenfield, Fortune Well, 23 May 2024
Her father, Bobby Franklin, told WXIA his daughter had dreams of becoming a nurse practitioner.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
In 2022, Hogan vetoed legislation allowing nurse practitioners, midwives and other non-physician medical professionals to perform abortions in Maryland.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2024
In one video, Laura Swoboda, a nurse practitioner and wound specialist from Wisconsin, describes the buzz of drones overhead.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
The defense called Sara Tromp, a nurse practitioner who began treating Hernan for back pain in 2017.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2024
Reimbursement rates also increased as of Jan. 1 for non-specialty mental health practitioners; for primary care providers, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants; and for maternity care providers such as obstetricians, gynecologists and doulas, Bjork said.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Children may also experience a sore throat, runny nose, chills and extreme body aches, said Samia Kadri, a lead family nurse practitioner at Banner Urgent Care in Phoenix, Arizona.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2024
Last October, hundreds of primary and urgent-care providers — including doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants — across more than 60 clinics operated by the Allina Health System in Minnesota and Wisconsin voted to join the same union.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
Beth Greenfield, Fortune Well, 23 May 2024
Her father, Bobby Franklin, told WXIA his daughter had dreams of becoming a nurse practitioner.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
In 2022, Hogan vetoed legislation allowing nurse practitioners, midwives and other non-physician medical professionals to perform abortions in Maryland.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2024
In one video, Laura Swoboda, a nurse practitioner and wound specialist from Wisconsin, describes the buzz of drones overhead.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
The defense called Sara Tromp, a nurse practitioner who began treating Hernan for back pain in 2017.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2024
Reimbursement rates also increased as of Jan. 1 for non-specialty mental health practitioners; for primary care providers, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants; and for maternity care providers such as obstetricians, gynecologists and doulas, Bjork said.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Children may also experience a sore throat, runny nose, chills and extreme body aches, said Samia Kadri, a lead family nurse practitioner at Banner Urgent Care in Phoenix, Arizona.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2024
Last October, hundreds of primary and urgent-care providers — including doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants — across more than 60 clinics operated by the Allina Health System in Minnesota and Wisconsin voted to join the same union.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
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