ABSTRACT
The rapid development of aging has brought new challenges to the elderly nursing service.Traditional nursing education is difficult to meet the needs of elderly nursing personnel cultivation.The training experience of other countries will provide a reference for the training of elderly nursing talents in China,so as to meet the needs of the society.This paper analyzes the current status of the geriatric nursing personnel cultivation in the United States from three aspects:the elderly nursing education in the United States,the training of the senior practice nurses and the training of the elderly nursing teachers,and according to the national conditions of our country,it is pointed out that the training of elderly nursing personnel should pay attention to curriculum setting to cultivate senior nursing professionals,pay attention to professional qualification certification and train advanced specialist nurses in geriatric nursing,pay attention to evidence-based practice and train characteristic TCM nurses in geriatric nursing,pay attention to teachers' leadership and cultivate high-level talents especially elites in geriatric nursing.