OBJECTIVE: To determine if resilience can predict empathy. Specifically, explain what would be the effect of the resilience dimen-sions on the dimensions of empathy in the nursing students examined in this study. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with the participation of 340 nursing students from a private university in Colombia. Jefferson's Empathy Scale (student version) and the Resilience-Trait Scale were used. The complete psychometry of the Empathy and Resilience scales was carried out, followed by the application of Structural Equations. RESULTS: Ecological Resilience predicts negatively the dimensions of "Compassionate Care" (β = -0.11) and "Walking in the pa-tient's shoes" (β = -0.19)
the Engineering Resilience predicts positively the dimension "Walking in the patient's shoes" (β = 0.08). CONCLUSION: Overall, resilience predicts empathy, thereby, introducing empathetic training of nursing students in the population stud-ied must also include training in resilience.