The objective of this research was to analyze the evolution and trend ofthe generation gap andnursing education from 1968 to 2021 through bibliometricindicators. The method used is a bibliometric,descriptive and retrospective study ofdocuments in Scopus, with descriptors "Nursing educat*", "generation*"and the Boolean operator "AND", N= 653 web documents from 1968 to 2021, and filters of type bib, csv. Thesearch was performed on October 9, 2021, using the Bibliometrix R Package software and the Biblioshiny tool. The results indicate high scientific production in 2020 (54 articles published). This study demonstrates patternsand lines of research in nursing education, such as educational models, interpersonal relationships andorganizational innovation.