Objective:To analyze the research hotspots and trends of the application of Kirkpatrick model in nursing education through bibliometrics analysis, so as to provides ideas for follow-up researchers to carry out research in related fields.Methods:Relevant literatures in CNKI, Wanfang, VIP and PubMed were retrieved from the establishment of databases until August 27, 2022. CiteSpace software was used to draw the literature topic clustering map, BICOMB was used to generate the co-occurrence matrix of bibliographic data, and gCLUTO software was used to make the visual hill map and analyze the literature hotspots.Results:A total of 230 literatures were included, including 145 in Chinese and 85 in English. Since 2016, the number of published papers had been on the rise. The papers were published in 134 journals at home and abroad, and the coauthor rate was 95.65% (220/230), and the funded papers accounted for 25.65% (59/230). The hot topic of Chinese literature research was the construction of training evaluation index system and training effectiveness evaluation. The research objects mainly included specialized nurses and in-service nurses.The research hotspot of English literature was nursing education and training. The research objects were specialized nurses and undergraduate students.Conclusions:The application of the Kirkpatrick model in the field of specialized nurse training is still in its infancy, and it needs to be extended to more specialist fields in the future. In addition, researchers should further explore the construction and application of a training evaluation index system based on the Kirkpatrick model in the future, and promote the horizontal development of training