Background: Self compassion is extending compassion to one’s self by seeing failure as a positive thing not to blame yourself. Compassion represents six main components, namely self kindness, self judgment, common humanity, isolation, mindfulness, and over identification. As a nursing student it is important to beable to apply self compassion to herself before becoming a nurse. It can be seen that first year nursing students at Pelita Harapan University come from various regions throughout Indonesia, so in general they still uphold the culture and customs in their respective regions. Research Objectives: To determine the level of self compassion in first- year nursing students at Pelita Harapan University. Research Methods: This study uses quantitative descriptive design methods. The sampling technique used total sampling with a total of 216. The questionnaire used in this study is the Self Compassion Scale (SCS) with a total of 26 questions. Results: The description of self compassion possessed by first year nursing students at Pelita Harapan University is categorized high (95%) so that it can be said that self compassion possessed by first year nursing students can treat a person and yourself well and understand each person's shortcomings. Suggestion: The next researcher can conduct qualitative research to all nursing students and nurses to find out their selfcompassion.