The impact of service-learning on students' cultural competence

The purpose of this study was to enhance students' cultural competence through a service-learning project in a community clinic. This quasi-experimental study used a pretest-posttest control group design. Twenty-six nursing students volunteered either in the comparison or in the experimental group. The students in the experimental group significantly increased their cultural knowledge (Z = -2.51, p = .01) and the total score of cultural competence (Z = -2.07, p = .04). (C) 2012 National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.