"nurse practitioner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nurse practitioners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nurse practitioner (plural nurse practitioners)
  1. (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 . Wikipedia link: nurse practitioner Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: NP, nurse-practitioner Derived forms: NP Coordinate_terms: nursing assistant (alt: NA), practical nurse (alt: PN), registered nurse (alt: RN), vocational nurse (alt: VN) Translations (individual who is fully qualified as a nurse): 護師 (Chinese Mandarin), 护师 (hùshī) (Chinese Mandarin), verpleegkundig specialist [masculine] (Dutch), asiantuntijasairaanhoitaja (Finnish), Pflegeexperte APN [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-nurse_practitioner-en-noun-qOpyfL7- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: medicine, sciences

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