[Student nurses' percepted evaluation toward on clinical tutors].

The practice of assigning a tutor to nursing students is becoming more common. The aim of this study was to assess how nursing students perceived their tutors in the light of the personal and professional characteristics of both trainers and trainees. Nursing students were asked to anonymously fill in a questionnaire to evaluate how they perceived their tutors that included an Italian translation of the Nursing Students' Perceptions of Instructor Caring -Short Version (NSPIC). A total of 243 students , predominantly female (74%) with an average age of 24.6 years were included in the study. On the whole ,tutor evaluation was positive (average 146.3 on a scale ranging from 31-186) and results showed that the personal and professional characteristics of trainers and trainees are not very influential.