Although nurses work with retirees and pre-retirees in a variety of different clinical settings, they have not traditionally been involved in pre-retirement planning. This article identifies topics important for pre-retirement planning and uses a university setting for preretirement seminars. A small group-facilitated interaction format was utilized to present the seminar content. These seminars were planned, implemented, and evaluated with direct nursing input and included many areas that are usually in the psychomotor and affective learning domains, such as, using time effectively and coping With stressors in retirement.
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