NP: Nurse Practitioner Nurse practitioners are healthcare professionals that complete advanced, graduate level educational programs that enable them to practice independently or in collaboration with other health care professionals and other individuals to diagnose, treat and manage the patient's health problems.
sum. n. 1. Mathematics. a. An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers. b. An arithmetic problem: a child good at sums. 2. The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate: the sum of the team's combined experience. 3.
noun. 1  1A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account. âcash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society depositsâ. 2  2A sum payable as a first instalment on the purchase of something or as a pledge for a contract, the balance being payable later. âwe've saved enough for a deposit on a houseâ.