Effect of Ready Planned Multicultural Learning Through Havruta & Action Learning on Multicultural Acceptance, Cultural Competence, and Empathy of Nursing Students

This study attempted to determine the effects of a multicultural learning program using Havruta and action learning on nursing students' multicultural acceptance, cultural competence, and empathy.A single experimental group of 229 third-year nursing students from D University in D City who agreed to participate in the study was selected, and a multicultural learning program using Havruta and action learning was applied for 26 hours over 13 weeks.The research tools used multicultural acceptance, cultural competence, and empathy measurement tools, and the data were analyzed using the SPSS Win 29.0 program.The general characteristics and differences were analyzed using frequency analysis, independent sample t-test, and one-way ANOVA.The differences before and after the program were analyzed using a Paired t-test, and the reliability was verified using Cronbach's .The study results showed that the multicultural acceptance, cultural competence, and empathy of nursing students who participated in the multicultural learning program using Havruta and action learning changed positively.In conclusion, it can be used as an effective learning program intervention to develop multicultural acceptance, cultural competence, and empathy.The multicultural learning program applied in this study consists of 13 weeks of content and can be utilized in a 15-week, 2-credit regular curriculum to improve the multicultural nursing competence of nursing students.