Objective: To determine the attitudes of nursing students towards aged people and their empathic approach skills. Material-Method: The study is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The data of the study were collected between October and November 2017. The sample of the study was consisted of 220 senior nursing students who volunteered to participate in the study. Data were collected by using Student Information Form, Kogan’s Attitude Toward Old People Scale and Basic Empathy Scale. Analysis of the data was used number, percentage, t test and ANOVA analyzes. Results: It was determend that mean score of Kogan’s Attitude Toward Old People Scale was 136.18±9,17 and Basic Empathy Scale was 74.87±9.41. The mean scores of the Kogan’s Attitude Toward Old People Scale were found to be significantly different according to the status of the students who want to work in the elderly care unit and the status of taking geriatric course (p<0.05). The mean scores of Basic Empathy Scale scores were found to be significantly different according to the gender of the students, want to work in the elderly care unit, the status of taking geriatric course and the region where they lived the longest (p<0.05). Conclusions: The students’ elderly attitudes were found to be partially positive. Students’s empathic approach skills were affected by variables such as; sex, willingness to work in the elderly care unit, taking geriatrics courses and the region lived for a long time. In addition, the elderley attitudes of the students who want to work in the elderly care unit and who take geriatrics course are significantly higher.