nurse practitioner

== English == === Alternative forms === nurse-practitioner === Noun === nurse practitioner (plural nurse practitioners) (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. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “nurse practitioner”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.