Kroger offers jobs to 14-year-old candidates who have valid work permits. Some positions at Kroger do require workers to be older, however. For example, a person must be at least 18 to work as a butcher or to have a job that requires handling tobacco.
The main difference when it comes to nurse practitioner vs physician assistant schooling is that there are a more limited number of accredited schools for physician assistants in the US, currently a little over 160, compared to schools for nurse practitioners which there are over 800.
When the patient asks me what the difference is between a PA and an NP, the difference is really in our training and our background, said Physician Assistant Patrick Killeen, president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA).