New Paradigms of Care for Nurse Practitioners

On episode 521 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Angela Patterson, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP, the Chief Nursing Officer at CVS Health. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Angela discuss the new paradigms of care opening up for nurse practitioners here in the United States, including value-based care, retail-based clinics, leadership, and other emerging opportunities. Angela Patterson, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP, serves as Chief Nursing Officer at CVS Health®, where she leads the strategic plan to advance the recruitment, retention, resilience, and recognition of the more than 18,000 nurses at CVS Health. Additionally, Angela serves as the Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer of Retail Health, which includes MinuteClinic®, the medical clinic inside select CVS Pharmacy® locations. In this role Angela provides clinical and professional practice governance for MinuteClinic nurse practitioners, physician associates, and nurses who provide care across MinuteClinic’s U.S. locations and through MinuteClinic’s national virtual care practice. She also leads a variety of programs focused on clinical quality, patient experience, clinical training and education, and care delivery workforce engagement. A board-certified family nurse practitioner with a Doctor of Nursing Practice designation and over a decade of executive leadership experience, Angela has been instrumental in scaling nurse-led care models across a variety of settings. She is a nationally recognized leader in nursing, committed to innovation, workforce development, and the continued evolution of care delivery. Connect with Angela Patterson and CVS Health: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CVS Health Facebook Instagram Angela Patterson on LinkedIn Contact Nurse Keith about holistic career coaching to elevate your nursing and healthcare career at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NurseKeith.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Keith also offers services as a motivational and keynote speaker and freelance nurse writer. You can always find Keith on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Are you looking for a novel way to empower your career and move forward in life? Keith's wife, Shada McKenzie, is a gifted astrologer and reader of the tarot who combines ancient and modern techniques to provide valuable insights into your motivations, aspirations, and life trajectory, and she offers listeners of The Nurse Keith Show a 10% discount on their first consultation. Contact Shada at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheCircelandtheDot.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠or shada@thecircleandthedot.com.

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New Paradigms of Care for Nurse Practitioners is an episode from The Nurse Keith Show by Keith Carlson.

This episode is 52:41 long.

This episode was published on Jul 16, 2025.

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