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The purposes of this study were to evaluate a leadership program (LP) for nursing students on self-leadership, self-directed learning ability, and critical thinking. Participants of this study were 84 nursing students(Experimental group=44. Control group=40). Data were collected from a self-administered questionnaire. Collected data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and paired t-tests. After participants had attended a LP, their self-leadership(t=2.910, p=0.005), self-directed learning ability (t=2.897,p=0.005), and critical thinking(t=2.303, p=0.012) were significantly increased than pre-test. The findings from this study demonstrated evidence of positive effects of a LP on nursing students' self-leadership, self-directed learning ability, and critical thinking. More programs are needed to develop and evaluate to increase nursing students' leadership competency.