At some point, almost every experienced healthcare clinician has had the same thought. "I think I'm burned out." Maybe it comes after a string of twelve-hour shifts, a particularly difficult patient encounter, or weeks of feeling as though your to-do list grows faster than you can complete it. Maybe it's the feeling of dragging yourself home at the end of...
Healthcare organizations across the country continue to emphasize the growing need for advanced practice providers. Recruiters talk about workforce shortages. Health systems continue expanding APP hiring initiatives.
For many advanced practice providers, the formula for earning more seems straightforward: work more hours, see more patients, take on more responsibility.
Most healthcare professionals can recognize physical exhaustion. You know when you're tired. You know when you've worked too many hours, slept too little, or spent an entire shift moving from one crisis to the next. Decision fatigue is different.
When healthcare leaders discuss burnout, the conversation usually focuses on familiar issues: staffing shortages, administrative burdens, long hours, and growing patient volumes.
