Social surveys have been carrying out since 1983, in Sociology Course at the Nursing School in Nettuno, Rome. The principle aim is the professional and the social enrichment of the students, as well as the importance of working in group. These research works, passing from nursing education to a post basic nursing degree, belong, by now, to the nursing training. The work presented concerns patient-nurse relationship at the Anzio and Nettuno hospitals. The survey gave patients the opportunity to have a special frame where it is easier to be in good terms with the nurses, especially with the students, who understood the usefulness of the work. By this experience students realized the importance to be understanding person in the nursing profession.