If you're an advanced practice provider, you've probably felt it. Maybe it's the charting that follows you home after clinic. Maybe it's the extra shift that seemed manageable until it became routine.
When healthcare leaders discuss burnout, the conversation usually focuses on familiar issues: staffing shortages, administrative burdens, long hours, and growing patient volumes.
Burnout has become one of the defining challenges facing today's healthcare workforce. Long hours, staffing shortages, administrative burdens, and increasing patient demands have left many nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals questioning whether traditional employment models still align with their personal and professional goals.