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NURSE PRACTITIONER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
Synonyms:
NP; nurse clinician; nurse practitioner
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nurse practitioner" is a kind of...):
registered nurse; RN (a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration)
Context examples:
A registered nurse prepared in a graduate level acute care nurse practitioner program to provide and manage health care of acutely ill, and critically or chronically ill adult patients in a wide range of settings.
(Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)
Nurse practitioners are licensed at the state level and certified by national nursing organizations.
(Nurse practitioner, NCI Dictionary)
The certified pediatric nurse practitioner specializes in assessing, diagnosing, and treating pediatric patients with acute or chronic pediatric diseases.
(Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)
