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nurse practitioners

nurse practitioners is the plural of nurse practitioner.

Meaning of nurse practitioner

Noun

nurse practitioner (plural nurse practitioners)

  1. A professional nursing designation recognized in some jurisdictions, denoting a person who is fully qualified as a nurse and who has additional qualifications and authorization to provide diagnoses and/or treatments, including writing prescriptions.
    • Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have done further training and are qualified to diagnose and manage acute and undifferentiated medical problems.2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), pages 14–15
    Synonyms:
    NP

Questions about nurse practitioners

What is nurse practitioners the plural of?
Nurse practitioners is the plural of nurse practitioner.

Words near nurse practitioners in the dictionary

  1. nurse auxiliary
  2. nurse log
  3. nurse logs
  4. nurse merger
  5. nurse practitioner
  6. nurse practitioners
  7. Nurse Ratched
  8. Nurse Ratcheds
  9. nurse shark
  10. nurse sharks
  11. nurse's assistant

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