Definition of "nurse practitioner" []

• A registered nurse with special training for providing primary health care, including many tasks customarily performed by a physician. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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