Aim: This study was conducted to determine the attitudes and behaviors of nurses and student nurses regarding nursing care. Method: A descriptive model was used in the study. The data were obtained from 101 nurses working in a university hospital and 227 nursing students studying in a health school, who volunteered to participate in the research. Research data were collected using a personal information form and the Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction Scale. Descriptive statistics, Independent Samples T-Test, One Way Anova, Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal Wallis H-Test were used in the data analysis. Results: The nurses’ mean scores from the “importance”, “competence” and “feasibility” subscales of the caring nurse-patient interaction scale were 299.33 ± 38.65, 284.56 ± 38.94, and 267.73±50.21, respectively. The student nurses’ mean scores from the “importance”, “competence” and “feasibility” subscales of the caring nurse-patient interaction scale were 314.92 ± 37.28, 276.78 ± 40.40, and 277.81 ± 47.09, respectively. It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the importance subscale of nursing students and nurses (p<.05). There was no significant difference between nursing students’ average of caring nurse-patient interaction scale scores according to gender (p>.05). Significant differences were found between the mean of the total scores of importance and competence dimensions by class level (p<.05). In addition, no significant difference was found between nurses’ average of caring nurse-patient interaction scale scores according to gender, education level and working duration (p>.05). Conclusion: It was determined that the attitudes and perceptions of nurses and student nurses regarding caring nurse-patient interaction were positive and that student nurses perceived the caring nurse-patient relationship as more important when compared to the perceptions of nurses.