Development and effectiveness of a global health competency promotion program for Korean undergraduate nursing students

AIM: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a programme designed to promote global health competency among nursing students. DESIGN: It used a randomized pre–post‐test comparison group design to compare the effects of a global health competency programme among nursing students. METHODS: Data collection for the pre‐test was carried out for 2 days (25–26 October 2018) and that of post‐test was conducted for 2 days (23–24 December 2018). A total of 38 fourth‐year nursing students participated in this study (14 in the international nursing group, 11 in the transcultural nursing group and 13 in the complementary and alternative medicine group). The participants were from the nursing department of a university in Cheongju. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences between the groups in the pre‐test homogeneity test. The international nursing group showed statistically significant improvements between the pre‐ and post‐tests in global health competency, cultural competency, global health confidence and cultural nursing confidence.