nurse practitioner

See also: nurse-practitioner

English

Alternative forms

• nurse-practitioner

Noun

nurse practitioner (plural nurse practitioners)

1. (medicine) 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.
   • 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.

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 護師／护师 (hùshī)

• Dutch: verpleegkundig specialist m
• Finnish: asiantuntijasairaanhoitaja
• German: Pflegeexperte APN m

References

• “nurse practitioner”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.