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

Examples of nurse practitioner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jasmin Ford, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and clinical instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said teenagers today face a mental health crisis that accelerated during the pandemic and has not returned to pre-Covid levels. —Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 28 May 2026

While many primary care doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants do skin exams, few are trained in how to use a dermatoscope. —Cindy Krischer Goodman, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026

Lindsay Dougherty, a nurse practitioner at Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center Perelman, soon became her rock. —Marcella Baietto, CBS News, 27 May 2026

Even though Massey, a 57-year-old nurse practitioner, makes six figures a year, her financial situation has grown untenable. —Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nurse practitioner

• commissioner
• conditioner
• parishioner
• petitioner
• positioner
• missioner

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