"Understanding what predicts, mitigates, and prevents the retirement of expert senior nurses is paramount given the current environment of the nursing workforce." — Kim Slusser, MSN, RN, vice president, Patient Care Services, Smilow Cancer Hospital Most nurses aged 55 and older have such passion for their work that providing schedule flexibility and different practice models to focus on their strengths could go a long way in keeping them in the workforce, a new study says. For this week's lead story, I talked with Kim Slusser, the study's lead author, about how nurse leaders can keep seasoned nurses onboard, doing what they love. | 