Medscape September 11, 2024
While she cared deeply about her work, Melissa Adams*, a family nurse practitioner (NP) in Madison, Alabama, was being frequently triple-booked, didn’t feel respected by her office manager, and started to worry about becoming burned out. When she sought help, “the administration was tone-deaf,” she said. “When I asked about what I could do to prevent burnout, they sent me an article about it. It was clear to me that asking for respite from triple-booking and asking to be respected by my office manager wasn’t being heard…so I thought, ‘How do I fly under the radar and get by with what I can?'” That meant focusing on patient care and refusing to take on additional responsibilities, like training new hires...
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