Effect of a transcultural nursing course on improving the cultural competency of nursing graduate students in Korea: a before-and-after study

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a transcultural nursing course on enhancing the cultural competency of graduate nursing students in Korea. We hypothesized that participants’ cultural competency would significantly improve in areas such as communication, biocultural ecology and family, dietary habits, death rituals, spirituality, equity, and empowerment and intermediation after completing the course. Furthermore, we assessed the participants’ overall satisfaction with the course. A before-and-after study was conducted with graduate nursing students at Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea, from March to June 2023.