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

Other of these above-average pay, salary growth-rich jobs with remote flexibility include nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and licensed clinical social workers. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026

In 2023, Lois Cho — a former nurse practitioner and cofounder of Cho Wines with zero festival experience — sold out a thousand-person food and wine event in Oregon's Dundee Hills in two months. —Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

At the rally on Monday, Jennifer Lynch, a neonatal nurse practitioner who has worked at New York Presbyterian Hospital for 18 years, said her employer laid off 15 of her colleagues in 2025. —Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026

None of the doctors, nurse practitioners or physician assistants were taking new patients. —Martha Bebinger, NPR, 9 Jan. 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