NURSES' RETIREMENT PLANS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH FINANCIAL, LIFESTYLE, PSYCHOSOCIAL AND HEALTH DIMENSIONS FROM TÜRKİYE

Abstract

This descriptive, cross-sectional, and comparative study examined the retirement planning of nurses in Turkey. The research was conducted between May and October 2022 in Turkey with 262 nurses who agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected using a Descriptive Information Form and the Process of Retirement Planning Scale and analyzed with descriptive statistics and comparative tests. As a result of the research, it was seen that the nurses’ made plans for the lifestyle the most, and that they made financial plans the least. In addition, the levels of retirement planning of nurses who were male, who were aged between 40-59, who had a bachelor’s or master’s degree, who had an extended family, who had 3 or more children, who were employed in the private sector, who had a professional and institutional experience of 20 years or over, who had willingly chosen the profession, and who had a chronic disease were higher. In this study, it was revealed that the level of retirement planning of nurses in Turkey was not high and that the levels showed differences, especially in terms of age, the number of cohabitants, working schedule, and the presence of a chronic disease.

Keywords

• nursing
• nurse
• retirement plan
• Turkey

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