<![CDATA[Indonesian migrant nurses entering Saudi Arabia face cultural and professional adjustment challenges. Digital cultural orientation may support early transition, although its comparative effectiveness remains uncertain. This study aimed to examine changes in culture shock following website-based Early Introduction Education (EDUPA) among newly employed Indonesian migrant nurses. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control-group study involved 40 female nurses, with 39 completing three assessments over four weeks (19 in the intervention group and 20 in the control group). Culture shock was measured using the Culture Shock Questionnaire Mumford, 1998. Repeated-measures analyses examined within-group changes and between-group trajectories. Total culture shock and emotional scores decreased significantly within the intervention group (p = 0.014 and p = 0.002, respectively), whereas cognitive and behavioral changes were nonsignificant. Time-by-group interactions were nonsignificant for total culture shock (p = 0.761) and emotional outcomes (p = 0.433), indicating no demonstrated comparative benefit. Although EDUPA did not demonstrate superiority over usual adaptation, the findings provide preliminary evidence of changes in culture shock during early professional transition. For nursing education and workforce development, EDUPA offers a context-specific digital orientation approach that could be integrated with mentoring, peer support, and continuing psychosocial follow-up. Larger controlled studies are needed to evaluate its incremental effectiveness.]]>
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