Introduction:

The primary health care will celebrate its 32th anniversary of application, so it is timely to face the following scientific question: How can one contribute to the development of the nursing tutor in the primary health care in Cuba?

Objective:

To identify the functions of the nursing tutor in the primary health care in Cuba.

Methods:

Systematic literature review made in June 2016 in order to develop critical and reflective analysis on the contents of articles published in Spanish from 2014 to 2016 and available in Medline and SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library on Line). The keywords were "nursing tutor" and "primary health care" by using Boolean operator AND. The inclusion criteria for selection of articles were adherence to subject, clear presentation of methodology or of selected theoretical reference.

Conclusions:

It is considered that the functions of the nursing tutor cover the actions or activities that he/she carries out in the primary health care to comprehensively instruct and educate his/her students in the art and science of nursing. According to the different edges of the tutor's work, these functions may be classified into educative-guiding, technical-professional (assistance), pedagogic-didactic, scientific-research, upgrading and managerial. The main function of the nursing tutor in the primary health care in Cuba is the effective formation of human resources as skilled nursing professionals.

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