Study: More RNs Delaying Retirement

Research has found that registered nurses over the age of 50 are working an average of 2.5 years longer than RNs in previous decades.

From 1969 to 1990, about half of RNs worked until age 62, and 10 percent remained working until 69. Between 1991 and 2012, however, 74 percent of nurses worked until the age of 62 and almost 25 percent worked to 69.

The researchers attributed this increase to the recession as well as the delayed retirement of baby boomer RNs. They also noted that this trend isn't unique to nursing.

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