The population aging is accelerating and the aging population is growing in China.\nAlthough the geriatric nursing education has been developed for more than 20 years, geriatric\nnursing professionals are still insufficient and the geriatric nursing education is facing various\nchallenges under the new situation. This paper primarily describes the developmental history\nand the related concepts of geriatric nursing education, and analyzes the personnel training\nmodes and routes of geriatric nursing education, and its problems, in order to provide the basis\nfor the reform of geriatric nursing education. The development of geriatric nursing needs a\nlarge number of outstanding nursing personnel, and the cultivation of geriatric nursing\nprofessionals depends on the development of geriatric nursing and the improvement of the\nteaching quality of geriatric nursing education. Front-line educators working on geriatric\nnursing should be committed to reforming the geriatric nursing teaching, improving the\nteaching quality and cultivating the high-quality nursing personnel suitable for conditions of\nthe elderly in China.
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