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Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study is to describe the perceptions, behaviors and attitudes of nursing staff concerning the maintenance of patient privacy at one hospital in Taiwan. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. A total of 57 nursing staff working in the hospital completed the questionnaires. Results: The nursing staff believed that maintaining patients' privacy was both very important and easy to implement. Age and working experiences are positively correlated to the effort of maintaining patient's privacy as providing nursing care. Attending continue education in patient privacy is significant differences with the effect of environments and working loading in promoting patient privacy. There was a positive correlation between educational level and nursing staff's awareness of others' expectations that they would maintain patient privacy. Age and working experiences are positively correlated with nursing staff's behavior in frequency of maintaining patient privacy. Furthermore, working experiences and attitude and willing in maintaining patient privacy. Conclusion: Further study on patients' perceptions of the maintenance of privacy is needed to improve the quality of care in maintaining patients' privacy.
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