Nursing students and nurses will need strategic education on how to care for an aging society. One barrier to the advancement of gerontological nursing is a global shortage of nurses. The sharp and steady increase in the aging population coupled with a lack of nurses to care for them, highlights the same issues such as nurse burn-out and retention rates seen in other countries around the world. National and international policies are currently being developed in response to the shortage of nurses worldwide and the needed transformation of nursing education, practice, and collaboration standards.