Objectives This study was conducted to verify the effect of an intensive care nursing educational program on the competence of nursing students in intensive and critical care nursing. Methods The study had a nonequivalent control group pre-post design. A total of 119 fourth-year nursing students were recruited and assigned to either the experimental group (n=78) or the control group (n=41). The intensive care nursing educational program was conducted for 1 hour per week for a total of 15 weeks. The Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Competence Scale Version 1 (ICCN-CS-1) questionnaire was used for data collection. The ICCN-CS-1 is divided into clinical competencies and professional competencies and consists of four dimensions (knowledge, skills, attitudes/values, and experience). Results Significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups in clinical competence (t=2.51, p=.014). In the experimental group, professional competence, knowledge, skill, attitudes/values, and experience were statistically significantly different after treatment. Conclusions The results indicate that this intensive care nursing educational program was effective in improv
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