Objective: In order to achieve clinical learning objectives, it is necessary to evaluate nursing students' attitudes towards clinical practice and to integrate the results of this evaluation into the education and training process. Therefore, in this study, it was aimed to determine the factors affecting the attitudes of nursing students towards clinical practices and their academic achievement levels.

Method: The data of the descriptive and cross-sectional study were collected between June and July 2023. The sample of the study consisted of 166 students studying in the Nursing Departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences of a university located in a province in Turkey in the 2022-2023 academic year. Personal Information Form and the Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards Clinical Practices Scale were used to collect the data.

Results: There is a statistically significant relationship between students' high school graduation, willingly choosing the nursing department, being satisfied with school life, and wanting to do postgraduate education and their attitudes towards clinical practice and their general academic grade point averages. Students who prefer the nursing profession because they like it have higher attitudes towards clinical practice. In addition, there is a significant positive correlation between students' general academic grade point averages and their attitudes towards clinical practice.

Conclusion: It is important for nursing instructors and clinical nurses to develop positive strategies and provide an appropriate environment for these factors that affect students' attitudes towards clinical practice.