Caring skills are essential in the training of nursing professionals, because they allow them to learnand gain experience in the quality and compassionate care of future patients. The objective is tocompare the Caring Skills (CS) in nursing students according to age range, experience and familyenvironment. A descriptive comparative study was carried out. The sample consisted of 176 nursingstudents from a Peruvian university. The age range was 18 to 27 years. A patient care skills scalewas applied. This scale has three indicators (knowledge, courage and patience) and 37 questions.There were no differences in the three indicators (knowledge, courage and patience) when comparedby age range (P>0.05). There were significant differences when compared by age range betweenstudents living with family and living alone (P<0.05). There was no difference between studentswho had experience vs. those who had no experience in patient care (P>0.05). It was determinedthat age and living with family members are determinant in the CS of nursing students of a Peruvianuniversity. There were no differences between experienced and inexperienced students.