In order to fulfill the open positions of the nursing shortage, many students are choosing to obtain their associate degree in nursing. Nurses who are experts in gerontologic nursing are what is needed, though associate degree nursing programs are not readily preparing their students in this specialty area. According to Boutin et al. (2019), newly licensed associate degree registered nurses have not yet acquired the knowledge, skills, or attitudes to effectively care for this aging population. Therefore, this lack of education is limiting the number of nurses available to fulfill open positions in this area. It is imperative that associate degree nursing programs integrate evidence based gerontological nursing content into their programs as this is the primary population that needs to be taken care of upon graduation. The knowledge and attitudes of the faculty teaching this information is also imperative to persuading nurses to want to specialize in this area of nursing.