You didn’t invest in years of school just to give away 20 hours of free labor every week.

Yet many nurse practitioners are functionally working a 60-hour job on a 40-hour salary.

This is not a time management issue.
It is a structural design issue.

And if it is not addressed clearly, it becomes a nurse practitioner burnout cycle that feels personal — even though it isn’t.

Let’s name what is actually happening.