Preparing for Retirement in Uncertain Times

Ready or Not-Retirement Looms Near for Boomer Nurses

“…Boomer nurses, the pundits said, would be leaving the profession at an alarming rate—just at a time when demand was the highest (Gabriel, ). Now, the first wave of baby boomer nurses is retiring, and there are waves of concern that boomer nurses may be facing “the biggest retirement crisis in history” (Synder, ), and that most nurses are “feeling the effects of inadequate or late retirement planning” (Keele & Albert, ).…”