Aim: This study aimed to determine the relationship between the perception of nursing care quality and the satisfaction level of patients hospitalized in surgical services. Method: The sample of this descriptive, correlational study comprised 224 patients who were hospitalized and had undergone surgical intervention. A patient information form, the Caring Behaviour Inventory-24 and the Newcastle Satisfaction Scale from Nursing Care Scale were used to collect the data. The data were evaluated by number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Mann–Whitney U Test, Kruskal–Wallis Test, and correlation analysis. Results: Of the patients, the mean age was 55.28±18.05 years, the length of hospitalization was 8.10±13.35 days, 62.5% were male, and 43.3% were primary school graduates. The care behaviors score of patients was found to be 4.87 (3.95–5.37), and the nursing care satisfaction score was 71.5 (57.00-82.75). A significant positive correlation was found between the total score of the patients’ care scale and the total score of nursing care satisfaction (p <0.05). There was a significant negative correlation between age and educational status of patients and the total score of satisfaction, commitment, care behaviors and satisfaction total score (p <0.05). Female patients’ knowledge-skills sub-dimension score was high, and there was a statistically significant difference between gender and the knowledge-skill sub-dimension (p <0.05).