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Purpose: This study aims determining nursing students' attitudes and empathic tendencies regarding aged discrimination METHODS: A descriptive or cross-sectional study was conducted, using the basic empathy scale, ageism attitude scale., Findings: The findings indicate that the students have a mid-level attitude with respect to ageism. Higher levels of empathic approach indicates a downward trend in positive and negative ageism in students and an upward trend in the attitude of restricting the life of older people. The difference between living with the elderly and class and empathy, between gender and elderly attitude is significant., Practice Implications: Nursing students' empathic tendencies affect attitudes towards the elderly., (© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)

Purpose: This study was carried out to determine the effect of nurses' compassion on burnout., Design and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 177 nurses. An introductory information form, the compassion scale and the Maslach burnout inventory were used as the data collection tools. Frequency, percentage, t test, analysis of variance, Kruskal-Wallis, correlation, and regression were used in the analysis of the data., Findings: The majority of the participants were determined to be female, married and university graduates. It was determined that there was a significant negative relationship between the nurses' sense of compassion and burnout levels, and burnout decreased as compassion increased., Practical Implication: Burnout and compassion fatigue may lead to inadequate care for the patient. This situation will negatively influence nurses' care quality., (© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)