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<article xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" dtd-version="1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">IJGPN</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of General Practice Nursing</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>2981-9415</issn><eissn>2981-9423</eissn><publisher><publisher-name>Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26689/ijgpn.v3iSpecial.13971</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Review of Nursing Interns’ Willingness to Work in Geriatric Care</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/IJGPN/3/0/10.26689/ijgpn.v3iSpecial.13971</url><author>ZhouJingjun,HuXingxing</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>3</volume><issue>0</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2025-12-31</published-time></date></history><abstract>Against the backdrop of an increasingly aging population in the international context, the demand for geriatric nursing services is growing day by day, and the demand for professional practitioners in the geriatric nursing industry is also constantly expanding. As a fresh reserve force for the future nursing staff, the willingness of intern nursing students to engage in geriatric nursing may affect the development of the geriatric nursing workforce. 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