Background: Effective presentation skills are essential for nursing students' professional development. This study evaluated the effects of an elective health care presentation course on communication skills, anxiety, self-efficacy, empathy, and health literacy. Method: A quasiexperimental design was used. Participants self-selected into either the intervention group ( n = 49), enrolling in a two-credit health care presentation course, or the control group ( n = 54). Generalized estimating equations were used to analyze the intervention effects. Results: The intervention group demonstrated significant improvements compared with the control group in communication competence ( β = 9.13, p < .001), oral presentation evaluation ( β = 14.36, p < .001), self-efficacy in presentation ( β = 12.38, p < .001), empathy ( β = 10.38, p = .002), and health literacy ( β = 5.18, p < .001), and a reduction in communicative anxiety (β = –8.90, p < .001). Conclusion: A theory- and practice-based health care presentation course effectively improved nursing students' presentation-related skills. These findings suggest that integrating such courses into nursing curricula could better prepare students for professional communication in health care settings.
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