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Nurse practitioner

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician wordnet

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