The effects of the Start-Up NurseS program on nursing students using management strategy simulation

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Background: Korea's rising youth unemployment, resulting from a long-term economic downturn, has fostered a conducive environment for entrepreneurship. The global healthcare market is expanding rapidly, and entrepreneurship in the nursing sector is also predicted to grow. Objectives: The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of the Start-Up NurseS program, developed using a management strategy simulation technique, on entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship education demand among nursing students. Design: A randomized control trial with repeated measures. Settings: Four nursing departments in two metropolitan cities. Participants: We assigned 34 nursing students to the experimental group and 33 to the comparison group. Methods: Nursing students in the experimental group participated in the Start-Up NurseS program for four weeks. Post-intervention data were collected three times: immediately after the program, at four weeks, and at eight weeks. Results: Entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurship were more positive in the experimental group than in the control group. In the former, entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurship showed significant differences immediately after the program, four weeks later, and eight weeks later. Conclusions: The program had a significant effect on improving nursing start-up competency and can be expanded to various nursing fields.

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