Publication: Nurses’ intention to work after retirement, work ability and perceptions after retirement: A scoping review
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2019-01-01
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19378688
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Pan African Medical Journal. Vol.33, (2019)
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Wonpen Kaewpan, Karl Peltzer Nurses’ intention to work after retirement, work ability and perceptions after retirement: A scoping review. Pan African Medical Journal. Vol.33, (2019). doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.33.217.17568 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/52066
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Nurses’ intention to work after retirement, work ability and perceptions after retirement: A scoping review
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© Wonpen Kaewpan et al. Nurses have been identified as active workforce post-retirement. Little is known about nurses’ intention to work post-retirement and their work ability and perceptions post-retirement. The aim of this scoping review is to identify studies that have investigated nurses’ intention and recruitment strategies to work post-retirement and their work ability and perceptions post-retirement. PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Nursing and Health Database and in addition Google scholar were searched using different keywords (retired nurses, retired RNs, work intention, work ability, work perceptions, and older nurses) and an independent reviewer cross-validated all the identified articles. Of the thirty-seven studies identified from the search, 26 papers were excluded based on exclusion criteria, with a total of 11 studies finally included in the study sample. The review found in two studies low and high intentions to work as nurses after retirement. Factors influencing both intentions and recruitment strategies to work as a nurse post-retirement focused on lighter and flexible work conditions, supportive environment, financial incentives and formal rehiring policies. Nurses working post-retirement reported benefits (intrinsic factors such as self-worth, overcoming social isolation) and barriers (such as job demands and reduced physical work ability). The review found low and high intentions to work as nurses after retirement and identified fa ctors influencing both intentions and recruitment strategies to work as a nurse post-retirement and benefits and barriers of working as nurses post-retirement that can inform strategies to retain nurses post-retirement.