To reduce and avoid the contradiction caused by the right of privacy in nursing practice, the author analyzed problems of patients'privacy in nursing: distance between nursing staffs cognition and practice; doctors' opinion is different from nurses'; the contradiction between privacy and informed consent; problems of privacy relate to bed side teaching; new contents brougth out by science development. Aiming at the problems, the author puts forward corresponding countermeasures: to enhance the study of law; to balance the right to privacy and informed consent; to respect patients'privacy, strengthen communication with patients; and to understand new contents about ethics.

The clinical application of xenotransplantation can provide unlimited donator organs,and promote the rapid development of organ transplantation.Xenotransplantation must overcome rejection and cross-species infection,and the latter adverse reaction is known as the biggest potential danger brought by xenotransplantation.Although cross-species infection caused by xenotransplantation has not yet occurred,test-tube experiments have already confirmed the possibility of cross-species infection.Besides,ethical issues related to the use of animal organs have been a heated social concern.