Abstract:
This study aimed to investigate the relationships of burnout, optimism, and workloads of nurses who were retiring and also to predict the trend of being active ageing persons in three dimensions (health, participation and security). The population of the study were nurses who received a nursing degree, registering as a nursing and midwifery entrepreneur. The participants were selected from a population frame of nurses aged 55 years and over working at a tertiary hospital in Bangkok. The total number of target nurses was 191. However, only 136 nurses returned and completed the questionnaires. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Pearsons correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. The results showed that the trend of being active ageing persons could be negatively significant, predicted by burnout, working hours/day, and the work department, but there was a positively significant association with optimism (p < 0.023, p < 0.005, p < 0.026, and p < 0.044, respectively). The predictive model of being active ageing persons after their retirement could explain 19.7 percent of the total variance of prediction. The findings proved that both burnout, and workloads, together with optimism, were significant for understanding the trend of being active ageing persons in nurses. Therefore, each department should have appropriate workloads in order to reduce burnout. Moreover, nurses should be encouraged to be optimistic and be proud of themselves.