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The purpose of this study was to understand the influence of work engagement towards the caring performance of nurse. Caring is the essence of nursing, but nurses has not been able to carry out professional caring behavior to patient. Caring performance of nurse is specific behavior of the nursing profession, which is characterized by ten carative factors provided by nurses while providing services to patient. Work engagement is a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption. This study is quantitative research with work engagement as independent variable and caring performance of nurse as dependent variable. This study was conducted in 68 nurses currently work in Bali. Measuring instruments used in this study was UWES from Schaufelli, et.all (2003) which is translated into Bahasa for work engagement and caring performance of nurse scale from Istiqomah (2018) for caring performance of nurse. Data were processed using simple regression analysis. Result from the data analysis showed R square = 0.160 (p<0.005). Determination coefficient 0.160 indicates that the effective contribution of work engagement to the caring performance of nurse amounted to 16.0%. The conclusion of this study was that work engagement has influence caring performance of nurse in low category. Work engagement contributes to improving performance because individuals who have work engagement tend to experience positive emotions, experience better health, create their own jobs and personal resources, and transfer their attachments to others.