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Heading for Retirement; Older Nurses, Lower Turnover
A huge cohort of older health care workers is headed for retirement. But a study shows that older nurses stay on the job longer.
| HEADING
FOR RETIREMENT |
| Underlining the need for recruiting workers into health care from other
fields is the estimate that approximately 4,600 health care
professionals in southeastern Michigan will retire in the next five
years. The percentage of health care workers in the region who are
between 30 and 50 will drop by 2010, while the 50-and-over age groups
will rise. |
|
Age
Group |
| |
20-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-59 |
60+ |
| 2005 |
15% |
24% |
30% |
24% |
6% |
|
| 2010 |
16% |
23% |
26% |
25% |
9% |
| Source: Michigan
Health and Hospital Association, Watson Wyatt Worldwide |
| OLDER NURSES, LOWER TURNOVER |
PERCENTAGE OF NURSES WHO CHANGED HOSPITALS WITHIN PAST
TWO YEARS, BY AGE GROUP |
| Younger nurses
are a much more mobile population than their older colleagues, according
to a study of 1,600 nurses by the Health Care Advisory Board. That’s a
factor that might bode well for nursing programs that focus on training
career-changing workers. |
24 OR UNDER |
31% |
| 25-34 |
28 |
| 35-44 |
20 |
| 45-54 |
12 |
| 55-64 |
9 |
|
19 |
| |
Source: "Drivers of Nurse Job Satisfaction and Turnovers," Health Care Advisory Board |
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