Purpose: This study aimed to establish the Turkish validity and reliability of the Kiersma-Chen empathy scale (KCES) and determine its psychometric properties.
Design and methods: This methodological study was carried out with 227 nursing students between April and May 2019.
Findings: The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the total scale is 0.854, the test-retest coefficient was high for the total scale (r = 0.989), and total-item correlations ranged between 0.398 and 0.712.
Practice implications: The KCES-TR is a valid and reliable scale to measure empathy in nursing students.
Keywords: empathy; nursing students; reliability and validity.
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