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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For now, job growth is expected to remain high, particularly among nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and home health aides, according to BLS projections.
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Phillip Reese, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Morning muscle pain along your spine is often the result of hours of improper support while sleeping, says Ellen Wermter, a nurse practitioner who runs Restorative Sleep Medicine, a sleep clinic in Virginia.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The center employs a physician and a nurse practitioner who monitor women’s hormone levels, offers $2,000-a-session facial laser rejuvenation treatments, and a gym stocked with Rogue barbells and eucalyptus-scented towels.
—Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
To some extent, this already happens in law, with paralegals, and in medicine, with nurse practitioners.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Phillip Reese, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Morning muscle pain along your spine is often the result of hours of improper support while sleeping, says Ellen Wermter, a nurse practitioner who runs Restorative Sleep Medicine, a sleep clinic in Virginia.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The center employs a physician and a nurse practitioner who monitor women’s hormone levels, offers $2,000-a-session facial laser rejuvenation treatments, and a gym stocked with Rogue barbells and eucalyptus-scented towels.
—Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
To some extent, this already happens in law, with paralegals, and in medicine, with nurse practitioners.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nurse practitioner
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“Nurse practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nurse%20practitioner. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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