The purpose of this research is to determine the nursing students' behavior in protecting patient privacy. The descriptive study has been carried out with 511 students studying in the nursing department of a university in March 2020 after the approval of the ethics committee. The research data have been collected using the Student Identification Form and the Patient Privacy Scale. The data have been analyzed with SPSS 22.0 program using statistical Chi square, Kruskal Wallis H test and Spearman correlation test methods. The average of Patient Privacy Scale score has been found to be 4.61 ± 0.47. No significant difference has been found between the total scale score and students' introductory features. It is seen that nursing students have a positive perception about patient privacy. In order to maintain this positive perception, the subject of patient privacy should be kept up to date in theoretical education and clinical practices.