ABS TRACT Patient privacy is an issue that should be emphasized by the health care providers, who have ethical and legal dimensions. With this study, it is aimed to evaluate the approaches and opinions of nursing students who practice professional practice on patient privacy. In this descript and cross sectional study, a total of 182 students who were trained in the last year of the nursing department of the faculty of health sciences participated. The data were collected with “descriptive information form” and “Patient Privacy Scale”. Ethics committee, scale use permission and institution permit were obtained before the study. 71.4% of the students were girls and 59.3% were 22 years old and above. The students stated that the nurses (79.2%) paid attention to the privacy rules among the ones providing health services. Units that do not pay attention to patient privacy were stated as 37.4% intensive care, 32.4% operating room and 11.0% emergency room by students. The mean score of 4,52±0,49, the median of the total score of the Patient Privacy Scale was 122,5(27-135). A significant difference was determined between the gender of the students and the mean number of the Patient Privacy Scale (p<0.05). The median patient privacy score of nursing students was high. In their professional practice, students observe patient privacy. Female students' perception of patient privacy was higher. According to students, while nurses pay more attention to patient privacy, intensive care units are the units that do not pay much attention to patient privacy.