First recorded in 1975–80
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One that did said that they heard hospitals were focusing on a nurse-practitioner led ER-staffing model, so they were holding off on physician hires for now.
From Slate ● May 1, 2020
Joan Kitten, a nurse-practitioner in Fort Dodge, said that she picked O’Rourke even before he got to town.
From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019
Sister Bernie is a nurse-practitioner who first persuaded Stan Brock to bring RAM to Virginia back in 1999.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2016
Nurse practitioners are often cited as a way to fill the gap, but even nurse-practitioner students gravitate toward higher-paying fields such as anesthesia rather than primary care.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2013
A few days later she took me to a nurse-practitioner, who listened to my yearnings for my mother.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Instead, she is becoming a nurse practitioner, a good-paying job that is also the fastest-growing field in healthcare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Today, Howa Pendergrass, a nurse practitioner, sees 100 patients a week, prescribes medication, orders tests and diagnoses everything from diabetes to cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The patient’s sister-in-law told them a nurse practitioner “came to the home a few times to treat J.L.’s flesh infection and “did not treat the open wounds often because they were too infected.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
A Glendale nurse practitioner is warning area residents to be on alert for a mountain lion that attacked and dragged away her dog Monday evening just outside her home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
I want to be a nurse practitioner, so I figure it's a good gig to warm up on.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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