eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Nursing Research 2378-5586 2022-11-20 10 3 98 104 10.12691/ajnr-10-3-4 AJNR20221034 article Weiyun Ji 1 Mengli He 2 Rong Huang 2 Xuan Li 2 Luodan Fan 3 Zhiqun Wu 3 Baofeng Duan 765043037@qq.com 3 School of Nursing, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China Objective: To investigate the effect of carousel teaching model in pre-employment nursing training for undergraduate nursing interns. Methodology: 100 undergraduate nursing interns were grouped had been using non-probability sampling in July 2022, and 50 undergraduate nursing interns from a school who came to the hospital first were set as the control group and 50 undergraduate nursing interns from a school who came to the hospital later were set as the observation group, with the control group using the traditional pre- employment nursing training method and the observation group using the carousel teaching method for The control group used the traditional pre- employment nursing training method and the observation group used the carousel teaching model for pre-employment nursing training. Results: After the training, the pre-employment nursing training performance and self-directed learning ability of the interns in the two groups were compared. The observation group had higher theoretical and operational scores in pre-employment nursing training than the control group (P < 0.05); the observation group had higher total scores in self-directed learning ability than the control group (P < 0.05), among which the observation group had higher scores in learning awareness, learning strategy, learning behavior and learning evaluation dimensions than the control group (P < 0.05), and the difference between the two groups in interpersonal skills dimension was not statistically significant (P > 0.05) The satisfaction of the observation group with the carousel teaching method was 98%. Conclusion: The carousel teaching method helps to improve the pre-service nursing training effect of undergraduate nursing interns and enhance the self-directed learning ability of undergraduate nursing interns. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/10/3/4/ajnr-10-3-4.pdf undergraduate nursing interns pre-employment nursing training carousel teaching model self-directed learning