nurse practitioner
See also: nurse-practitioner
English
Alternative forms
- nurse-practitioner
Noun
nurse practitioner (plural nurse practitioners)
- (medicine) A professional nursing designation recognized in some jurisdictions, denoting an individual who is fully qualified as a nurse and who has additional qualifications and authorization to provide diagnoses and/or treatments, including writing prescriptions .
- 2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), pages 14-15:
- Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have done further training and are qualified to diagnose and manage acute and undifferentiated medical problems.
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Synonyms
- NP
Coordinate terms
- nursing assistant (NA)
- practical nurse (PN)
- registered nurse (RN)
- vocational nurse (VN)
Derived terms
- NP
Translations
individual who is fully qualified as a nurse
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References
- nurse practitioner at OneLook Dictionary Search