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Dr. Regie Buenafe Tumala

Associate Professor

Medical-Surgical Nursing Department

Nursing
Male Campus, Building 29, Second Floor, Office S-25

introduction/brief CV

Welcome to my website! Please accept my warm greetings of peace and joy for you, today and always.

"A teacher must always create a positive and comfortable learning environment of students."

areas of expertise

Dr. Regie Buenafe Tumala is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing on March 2007, Master of Arts in Nursing in Medical-Surgical Nursing on May 2010 and Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Management on October 2012. He joined as an Assistant Professor in the Medical-Surgical Department of the College of Nursing at King Saud University on August 18, 2013, and was promoted to Associate Professor on October 12, 2021. He has been teaching adult health and critical care nursing courses, and very active in research activities, having 34 publications indexed in Web of Science (WOS) with a total of 616 citations (Updated: October 10, 2026). WOS Author Link: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/HJP-9297-2023 

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Aim: This research investigated the perceptions of Saudi nursing students regarding self-compassion and examined its influence on their caring behaviour and compassion competence.

Design:…

by Nahed Alquwez, Jonas Preposi Cruz, Abdulellah Al Thobaity, Joseph Almazan, Hawa Alabdulaziz, Farhan Alshammari, Monirah Albloushi, Regie Tumala, Abdulrahman Albougami
2021
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The aim of this study was to assess compliance with standard precautions by Saudi nursing interns who were undergoing their internship training in four governmental tertiary teaching…

by Regie B Tumala
2020
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Background

by Khalid M. Almutairi, Wadi B. Alonazi, Jason M. Vinluan, Turky H. Almigbal, Mohammed Ali Batais, Abdulaziz A Alodhayani, Norah Alsadhan, Regie B. Tumala, Mahaman Moussa, Ahmad E. Aboshaiqah, and Razan Ibrahim Alhoqail
2018

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This course introduces students to become competent to acquire specific theory and practice related to community health nursing. Special emphasis is placed on theoretical concepts related to…

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This course provides students with the opportunity to explore the challenges of aging through the lens of transitions, how aging adults respond to transitions such as health challenges, changes in…

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This course is designed to provide students’ knowledge and skills on how to manage adult clients with medical or surgical health problems (specific to dermatologic, neurologic, sensorineural,…