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Nurse Practitioner

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
nurse clinician
plural
Nurse Practitioners
possessive
Nurse Practitioner's
pluralpossessive
Nurse Practitioners'