RESUMO

A population's health is dependent on the availability of skilled health professionals. We know little about retirement decision-making among publicly employed Canadian registered nurses (RNs) and allied health professionals (AHPs). We identified and compared factors reported to influence early versus 65+ retirement decisions among RNs (n = 794) and AHPs (n = 393). RNs, on average, retired at 58.1 years and AHPs at 59.4 years. More than two thirds retired before age 65. Among RNs, caregiving demands predict early retirement - policies supporting employed RN caregivers may reduce early workforce exits among publicly employed RNs.

Assuntos

Envelhecimento/psicologia , Pessoal Técnico de Saúde/psicologia , Pessoal Técnico de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Emprego/psicologia , Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros/psicologia , Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros/estatística & dados numéricos , Aposentadoria/psicologia , Idoso , Canadá , Tomada de Decisões , Emprego/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Humanos , Estudos Longitudinais , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Aposentadoria/estatística & dados numéricos