title: Nurse practitioners and intent to retire.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Demand for primary care services is rising. Nurse practitioners (NPs) serve vital roles in meeting primary care demands. Workforce planning requires understanding NP retirement intentions. This study examines factors that relate to NPs, aged 55 years and older, and their intent to retire within 5 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used the 2012 National Sample Survey of Nurse Practitioners to examine the relationship between NP demographic characteristics (gender, race/ethnicity, marital status, nursing degree), work environment characteristics (part-time vs. full-time status, primary or specialty care, earnings, job satisfaction), and intent to retire. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were conducted. A total of 3171 working NPs, 55 years of age and older, were included.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fifty-nine percent of NPs 60 years and older and 15% of NPs 55-59 intend to retire in the next 5 years. Working part-time and having less than a master's degree were associated with intent to retire. Being "very satisfied" with one's job was related to lower odds of intent to retire versus being "satisfied." Being "dissatisfied" with one's job and working in primary care were related to intending to retire for the NPs 55-59.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the relationship between higher job satisfaction and lower intent to retire, efforts to increase NPs' job satisfaction may result in less early retirement.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rudner
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chapa
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Retirement; demographic change; employment of older workers; intent to retire; personnel; workforce planning