Abstract

Introduction: The nurse-patient relationship recognizes the dignity of people and their right to respectful care during health care. The preceptor is essential in the formation of nurses, is a model and guide in the processes of approximation to the professional work, facilitates learning and is a link between theory and practice. The manuscript describes the competences of the nursing preceptor for the training of students who promote respectful care in health care. Material and method: Qualitative descriptive study with focal groups with nursing preceptor. Data analysis according to Kyng & auml;s. Results: The analysis allowed to distinguish 4 categories relatives to Clinical teaching competence: a) Course development, b) Creation of safe learning environments, c) Patient-centered care, and d) Interpersonal relational skills. Conclusion: It is the responsibility of the institutions to train clinical preceptor in respectful care according to values and professional profile. (c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Espa & ntilde;a, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).