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

Abstract

BackgroundKorea'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. ObjectivesThe 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. DesignA randomized control trial with repeated measures. SettingsFour nursing departments in two metropolitan cities. ParticipantsWe assigned 34 nursing students to the experimental group and 33 to the comparison group. MethodsNursing 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. ResultsEntrepreneurial 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. ConclusionsThe program had a significant effect on improving nursing start-up competency and can be expanded to various nursing fields.