re: Hourly wage professions that are required to work on their off time

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your supervisors and administrators don’t know the full scale of this, you are doing something wrong as an employee, end of story

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This. This is the same reason I make it an issue when people under-bill hours to clients on my projects. I don't know if I need to extend the next project by 30%+ more hours if you're working 8-8 everyday and only reporting 40 a week. Maybe it's a system integration problem that makes your life hard, maybe it's because the client takes over meetings and objectives don't get accomplished, maybe it's because people in the practice have inappropriate expectations for non-emergency updates/responses, etc.

Ok, no fix for your problem then, I guess. Therefore, yes, she can continue to expect more of the same. What other answer did you expect? She works like a computer guy that is always doing favors for little old ladies who keep clicking on gambling sites. He'll eventually get fired for not being productive enough while complaining he's burned out.

Maybe she could suggest the clinic hire someone to do follow up and scheduling. Maybe the doctor needs to refer patients like this dude out to someone else. Maybe she stops treating pts like stray dogs and not baby them so much. You've rebuffed every suggestion you've been given, and gotten angry at people that suggest there's an alternative. :shrug:

“ Ok,no fix for your problem then,I guess”

When did I said I had a problem ? I had a problem when she was working the 60 hr week job on salary.
Now if she spends a few hours at night working on the computer to get ready for the next day I have no problem with that.I was just responding to the O P that his wife was not the only one that was working on computer at home.Children are grown,she cooks several times a week so I don’t go hungry.
As far as her work ethic,she has always been the type to give it 110%,go the extra mile and has a lot of patience with difficult pts.like the old man I wrote about.We worked together before we got married,I marveled at her energy level and work ethic.She never sat around chit-chatting,If things were slow she would even be cleaning the glass in the nsg.station,dusting he monitors,anything to keep busy.
She’s very good at her job with an encyclopedic knowledge of blood pressure and cardiac meds.I have been here when female Drs call her on her day off for advice about treating their pts blood pressure or arrhythmias.
( they don’t want to ask a man).One female Dr. told me “your wife is better at doctoring than I am and I went to medical school”

On top of her job,she gardens,has crazy large flower bed,got a above ground swimming pool for the grandchildren and is always farting around with the water to keep it perfect.She wanted a pond,now she’s always messing with that,testing the water adding this and that to keep that water perfect,also.

Then she’s at church every Wed and Sunday night working with the youth group.
,2 years ago she wanted her own Zero turn mower and helps me mow our acres of grass.
Point is,if she wants to spend time on the computer at night I have no problem with it and I never complained about it.

Almost forgot,I have 5 deer mounted on my walls.The highest scoring antlers are one she killed.

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She says it is just part of the job. Am I wrong on this?

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Yes. I'm a doctor. It's a non-reimbursable service. She should be more efficient and do it during the day. Of course, that would require her to see less patients and generate less revenue. Her pay would most likely decrease. I don't like it either and I'm self employed. She can certainly put her foot down and demand to be paid for her extra time, but there is a glut of NP's out there looking for jobs and willing to take hers for less and do the paperwork on their own time.