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Caring behavior has an important role in providing care in the hospital. However, there are still patients give complaints about the attitude of nurses who are less friendly, less sympathetic and rarely smile; indicating that nursing services are still not optimal. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between nurse awards and length of working time in nurse caring behavior. This study employed an analytical research design with a cross-sectional approach. There were 215 respondents recruited as the sample which were chosen by using a stratified random sampling technique. A validated self-developed questionnaire was used in this study. Data collection was completed by using self-questionnaire and all respondents had been filled in completely. The data were analyzed by using Spearman-s Rho test. Among 215 respondents, 70.2% were female, the average age of the respondents was 25 to 30 years old. Length of working period was from 7 to 10 years. There were 73.5% of nurse awards were sufficient, and 50.7% of nurses caring behaviors were sufficient. Moreover, there was correlation between nurses awards (p <0.001) and length of working (p = 0.042) in nurses- caring behavior. The conclusion of this study is the nurses are expected to maintain the caring behavior because it is the basis of nursing science.