nurse practitioner
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have done further training and are qualified to diagnose and manage acute and undifferentiated medical problems."