July 16, 2025

New Paradigms of Care for Nurse Practitioners

52 minutes

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:

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