What age will you retire?

BackfromRetirement · Jul 12, 2010

I went back into nursing after years of retirement. The economy destroyed what I had invested in. Got a job at 58. Looking at 65 as a possible retire date, but nothing written in stone. Might work until my body fails.

pers · Jul 12, 2010

Eh, I kinda figure I'll work till I'm dead or so close it counts. By the time I'm old enough to retire I'm not sure it will still be an option!

gentlegiver, ASN, LPN, RN · Jul 13, 2010

It depends on when I hit the Lottery.

llg, PhD, RN · Jul 13, 2010

I am 55 now and plan on working full time until 62. At that time I hope to cut down to part time work for a few years before I fully retire.

Trauma Columnist · Jul 13, 2010

I'm 51 and plan to work until I'm 70.

kcochrane · Jul 13, 2010

My goal is 70, but I plan on working part time after that. We had a night supervisor that was still working per diem at 80 and she was great! I would like to teach LPN school at some point, so I may do that then. I'm 47 now, so I think I have it in me.

gettingbsn2msn, MSN, RN · Jul 13, 2010

We will all be working until we drop. Our utility company has announced it will raise prices 5 times over the next 3 years. Our property tax is rising 5.8% next year. Car insurance just went up and groceries are already through the roof.

I have no problem with this but today when I went to the grocery store a well dressed woman in front of me bought $550.00 worth of groceries all with food stamps. She had a young child who was playing with his little computer. My son even took notice. Maybe she just lost her job, who knows? However, we are going to have to realize that we will need to pay for others and that is just how it is going to be. I do not believe that this will change. There are not going to be enough jobs for everyone in the future. The current administration has already told us this. In my fathers day, a high school grad could get a job in a factory and support a family. A woman could get a job as a secretary and contribute to the family income. Today a high school grad would be lucky to get a job at 7 eleven. We are going to have to support these people, there will be no way they can make it on their own. Thus, I will be working until I am 80.

Debilpn23 · Jul 13, 2010

I will probably work until I'm at least 70 The good Lord willing

marty6001, EdD, EMT-P, APRN · Jul 13, 2010

Hope I don't come off as sounding presumptuous but my experience with teaching was that I worked much harder and for more hours than I ever did on the floors. I don't see how teaching full time can be compatible with living a semi-retired lifestyle, but if you can get it to work for you, all the power to you.
I'm planning on working for at least fifteen to twenty more years, God willing.

I don't think it's presumptuous at all. I look at nurse administrators and think they are out of their mind with the amount of work that they do. I find teaching at the bedside to nursing students soothing and rewarding and refreshing. All the energy they have, the wonder and awe at the profession always take me back and really makes a difference to me. Being an APRN is very rewarding, my practice on the ICU is wonderful and I work with (and it is with, not for) some great doc's who really allow me the independence to practice. But, it is draining I figure by the age of 50, slowing down and teaching is perfect for me.

crb613, BSN, RN · Jul 13, 2010

hmmmm not sure! I am 53 now & have only been a nurse for 4 yrs. I just wish I had started sooner! I will probably work as long as I am healthy & the good Lord is willing.

HM2VikingRN, RN · Jul 13, 2010

FT until 57 PT til 70.

whichone'spink, BSN, RN · Jul 13, 2010

I don't know how the economy will be when I am in my late 50s or early 60s. I just hope it's not so bad that I will end up being coded where I work because I couldn't retire.