How to Use nurse practitioner in a Sentence
nurse practitioner
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Or a nurse practitioner at a med spa?
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Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
15 Oct. 2025
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If your doctor can’t see you now, maybe the nurse practitioner can.
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Mckenzie Beard,
Washington Post,
17 June 2024
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All for less than the cost of a 10-minute talk with the nurse practitioner.
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Irv Erdos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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His wife is a nurse practitioner.
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Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Abby, who is a nurse practitioner, knew her husband was in bad shape.
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Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Her boyfriend’s aunt, a nurse practitioner, urged her to head straight to the hospital.
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Jordan Greene,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Six months pregnant, the nurse practitioner was excited to be a new mom.
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Emily Palmer,
Peoplemag,
16 Nov. 2023
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The health center just off the building’s main lobby is staffed by a nurse practitioner and others.
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Russ Wiles,
The Arizona Republic,
4 May 2023
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The lawsuit names the paramedics and that nurse practitioner as defendants.
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Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2025
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Now, many patients (and doctors and nurse practitioners) see an immobile face as the goal.
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Rachel Tashjian,
Washington Post,
29 Aug. 2023
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But first … If nurse practitioners leave primary care, who’s left?
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Mckenzie Beard,
Washington Post,
17 June 2024
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Adults can get treatment from physicians only, not nurse practitioners or other health care providers.
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Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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On a humid day in late May, just one or two patients waited to see the clinic's nurse practitioner.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
22 June 2024
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And a new hotline allowing home patients to connect with nurse practitioners around the clock.
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Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
5 July 2024
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To begin the test, the team was weighed by a nurse practitioner supervising the test to see how accurate each scale was.
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Caroline Thomason,
Health,
6 Feb. 2023
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Her ultimate goal is to become a women’s health nurse practitioner.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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To some extent, this already happens in law, with paralegals, and in medicine, with nurse practitioners.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The rules on how nurse practitioners can see patients in Missouri are meticulous.
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Meg Cunningham,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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And by suing the state, Markes isn’t trying to ban physician oversight for nurse practitioners.
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Meg Cunningham,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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In season 6, April took the next step in her career by enrolling in a nurse practitioner program.
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EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Police learned of the assaults after the nurse practitioner died of an overdose at the hospital.
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Beth Mole,
Ars Technica,
17 Jan. 2024
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There are limits to what nurse practitioners without full authority can do.
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Meg Cunningham,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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Eight licensed nurses and one nurse practitioner serve Aid for Women’s clients.
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Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2024
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Two weeks ago, the 62-year-old nurse practitioner from Winter Park wrote for advice.
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Marni Jameson,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 July 2024
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Next to her was a nurse practitioner named Lisa Silvestro, who spent part of the drive calling patients.
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Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Some people receive care from nurse practitioners, who are supervised by physicians.
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Amber Gaudet
updated February 20,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
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Instead, a nurse practitioner named Nicole sent me a direct message laced with cheerful emojis.
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Jia Tolentino,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2023
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But her nurse practitioner suggested that the tick bite could have actually caused an allergy to meat.
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Stephanie Emma Pfeffer,
Peoplemag,
23 July 2023
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Maggie Hornung, a nurse practitioner at Rush, recently had her blood drawn for the test.
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Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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Dunn estimates that 80 percent of trans adults in the state were getting their health care from a nurse practitioner and now have lost access.
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Thalia Beaty,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 June 2023
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