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

Create a developmentally appropriate approach Shebna Osanmoh, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, advises taking an age- and stage-based approach. —Stephanie Ganz, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026

Yet family nurse practitioner Munira Maalimisaq sees reason to be thankful amid the stresses. —Luis Andres Henao, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026

In Northfield, about 45 miles south of Minneapolis, ICE agents have been sitting in their cars for hours at least twice a week outside the town hospital, said Carroll, the nurse practitioner. —Kate Wells, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026

To do that, Rowe recently established a medical advisory board comprising two doctors and a nurse practitioner, who will appear in Her Fantasy Box content. —Essence, 4 Mar. 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