Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Convenient Care Clinics
CCCs are usually staffed by Nurse Practitioners (NPs) or other advanced practice nurses. Some CCCs are staffed by Physician Assistants (PAs).
Nurse Practitioners are registered nurses with advanced education and training who provide a broad scope of health care services. NPs engage in health promotion, patient evaluation, treatment, diagnosis, education, counseling, case management and coordination of care. One study found that patients of advanced practice nurses had similar outcomes to patients of primary care physicians.
Physician Assistants are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine under physician supervision. With appropriate training and supervision, PAs can provide health care that is similar in quality to that of a primary care physician.
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