Department of Management & Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jul 12;20(14):6348. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20146348.
To retain nurses and prevent worsening the nursing shortage, a key opportunity is to better understand the drivers of complete and partial retirement of older nurses. This study investigates the characteristics that distinguish older nurses' partial and complete actual retirement behavior, from those continuing to work, over a three-year period. A quantitative longitudinal design comprising 217 female Australian nurses aged 50 years or over, from two samples working at Time 1 (2012 and 2016), responding three years later (Time 2). Multinomial regression found two different patterns of drivers for each of completely retiring and partly retiring respectively. Age was the only variable distinguishing both partly and completely retired nurses from nurses who were not retired. The further variables distinguishing completely retired nurses were not being prosperous, having impaired work ability, being partnered, not stressed at work and working part-time. The only variable beyond age distinguishing partly retired nurses was having a casual contract. Offering flexible work options in terms of working hours and contracts that suit the nurse's lifestyle and supporting nurses with health impairments to continue working are options that may lessen the number of nurses completely retiring and instead either remaining at work or partly retiring.
为了留住护士并防止护理人员短缺情况恶化，一个关键机会是更好地了解导致年长护士完全和部分退休的因素。本研究调查了在三年内区分年长护士部分和完全实际退休行为与继续工作行为的特征。采用包含 217 名年龄在 50 岁及以上的澳大利亚女性护士的定量纵向设计，这些护士来自两个样本，分别在时间 1（2012 年和 2016 年）工作，三年后（时间 2）再次进行回复。多项回归发现，对于完全退休和部分退休的护士，分别有两种不同的驱动因素模式。年龄是唯一能区分完全退休和部分退休护士与未退休护士的变量。进一步区分完全退休护士的变量是不富裕、工作能力受损、有伴侣、工作压力不大和兼职工作。唯一能区分部分退休护士的变量是临时工合同。提供适合护士生活方式的工作时间和合同的灵活工作选择，并支持有健康问题的护士继续工作，这些选择可能会减少完全退休的护士人数，而是让他们继续工作或部分退休。
