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.
In an outpatient practice such as mine, the distinction between doctorsâ and nursesâ roles can be more subtle. Nurse practitioners, who have both bachelors and masters degrees plus special certification, prescribe medication, perform physical exams, and act in many ways indistinguishable from doctors.