@article{article_1685148, title={Determination of Nurses’ Opinions on Retirement Life: A University Hospital Example}, journal={Northern Journal of Health Sciences}, volume={1}, pages={135–146}, year={2025}, author={Altun, Melek and Baykal, Ülkü}, keywords={iş tatmini, hemşireler, emeklilik, emeklilik planlaması}, abstract={Objective: The aim of this study was to determine career nurses’ approaches to the phenomenon of retirement, their opinions about post-retirement life and their thoughts about the retirement preparation program. Method: The descriptive and cross-sectional study sample consisted of 300 nurses (n=300) over the age of 35 working in a university hospital, selected by stratified and sampling method. The question airs, which were based on the literature and prepared by their researcher, were applied face-to-face after obtaining the consent of the voluntary participants. The data obtained from the participants in the study were statistically analyzed with the IBM-SPSS Statistics 21 program. Descriptive analyses (number, percentage, mean and standard deviation), nonparametric comparison analyses (chi-square) and correlation (Pearson Correlation) analyses were used in the evaluation of the data. Results: Findings obtained from the study: It was determined that nurses did not feel ready for retirement (53.3%) and did not plan for retirement (60.7%). (81.7%) nurses interpreted retirement as “plenty of time to spend with my family” (63.7%), “time to take care of myself and my hobbies” (62%), “being alone” (6.7%), “being useless” (5.3%). It was found that the nurses did not plan to work after retirement (55%), and those who wanted to work wanted to participate in a retirement preparation program in their field of experience or as an educator for financial reasons (80%). While no significant differences were found in the comparisons between the unit, position, staff, educational status, age and marital status of the nurse sand their feeling of readiness for retirement, the relationship between the time they had to work to deserve retirement (10.35 years) and the time they thought of working was highly significant (p>0.005), positive and strong (r=0.855). Conclusion: It can be suggested that studies with large samples should be conducted to evaluate the perspective of nurses on retirement and to develop new strategies to meet the expectations of experienced nurses to continue in the institution.}, number={3}, publisher={Sinop Üniversitesi}