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Early retirement among Registered Nurses: contributing factors
Author(s) -
BLAKELEY JUDITH A.,
RIBEIRO VIOLETA E. S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2007.00793.x
Subject(s) - incentive , workforce , economic shortage , nursing , bonferroni correction , government (linguistics) , nursing management , test (biology) , medicine , psychology , family medicine , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , economics , biology , microeconomics , economic growth
Aim This study explored the factors that influence nurses to retire early and the incentives that might encourage them to stay longer in employment. Background The increasing number of nurses taking early retirement reduces an already depleted nursing workforce. Methods A mail‐out questionnaire was sent to 200 randomly selected nurses aged 45 and older, living in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. SPSS descriptors were used to outline the data. Multiple t ‐tests, with a Bonferroni correction, were conducted to test for significant differences between selected responses by staff nurses and a group of nurse managers, educators and researchers. Results Of 124 respondents, 71% planned to retire by age 60. Staff nurses and a group of nurse managers/educators/researchers differed significantly in two reasons for leaving. The two groups also differed significantly in five of the incentives to stay. Conclusions Findings from this study could prove useful for healthcare and government organizations developing retention strategies to forestall the predicted shortage of nurses.