Publications by authors named "Victor Gideon"

Background: Completing a Master's thesis is crucial for earning a master's degree and showcasing students' academic and professional skills. However, the process is often challenging owing to its solitary nature and the complexity of its supervisory relationships.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the experience of Nursing Master's Research Supervision and its impact on their thesis journey.

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A single-episode online case study increases cognitive load in contrast to an unfolding online case study, which decreases cognitive load, improves academic performance, and enhances clinical reasoning. However, online utilization of unfolding case studies is limited. A one-group pretest posttest experimental design was employed with 45 nursing students in a pathophysiology course.

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Objective: To develop and test the psychometric properties of the Pakistani Critical Thinking Dispositions Scale.

Methods: In the item generation phase, constructs of the scale were identified through an in-depth literature review and items were written to measure the constructs. Following this, input of the experts was obtained for content validity index.

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Aim: The study aimed to measure emergency nurses' prevalence of cognitive biases when utilizing Emergency Severity Index (ESI). Moreover, the study aimed to measure the differences between cognitive biases and demographic variables.

Background: Nurses use Emergency Severity Index (ESI) to prioritize the patients.

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Objective: To measure the efficacy and safety of surfactant administered by MIST and INSURE to neonates with respiratory distress syndrome.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted from June 2021 to August 2022 at the NICU of the University of Child Health Sciences, Lahore. Neonates meeting inclusion criteria i.

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Background: Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host response to infection. Aim of the study is Neonatal sepsis refers to infection involving the blood stream in neonates. It is major health problem causing neonatal mortality and morbidity in developing countries.

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Background: Sexual health is an important part of human physical health. Sexual wellbeing is a condition of physical, emotional, mental, and social ease concerning sexuality. Therefore, all health care professionals should respect, protect, and fulfil the sexual-health needs of a person.

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Background: Feedback is imperative for academic success, learning, and professional growth. Faculty competence to provide constructive feedback is a cornerstone in the educational process, environment, and outcomes.

Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated the quantity, quality, timing, and utilization of feedback among 38 Bachelor of Science in Nursing students.

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Objective: To assess the academic experiences of undergraduate post-registered BS (Bachelor of Science) nursing students in Islamabad.

Methods: This multisite cross-sectional study was conducted from February to May 2018. It included undergraduate nursing students from one public and three private-sector institutes of Islamabad.

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Objective: To measure the impact of intermittent kangaroo mother care on weight-gain of neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Methods: The randomised controlled trial was conducted at the Department of Neonatology, the Children Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan, from March to October, 2018, and recruited newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. The subjects were randomised into case and control groups.

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The global adult lifetime risk of maternal mortality is 1 in 180; in Pakistan, it is 1 in 170; in developed regions, 1 in 4,900 (Alkema et al., 2016; Filippi, Chou, Ronsmans, Graham, & Say, 2016; World Health Organization [WHO], 2015). The differences in maternal mortality between developed and developing countries are mainly due to the quality of antenatal care (ANC) available in the two groups of countries.

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Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate nursing students' perceptions of their educational environment in a private college. Perceptions were compared between genders and 2 bachelor's programs.

Methods: A total of 219 students participated in this study, drawn from the Generic Bachelor of Science in Nursing (GBSN) and the Post-Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science in Nursing (PRBSN) programs of the Shifa College of Nursing, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Aim: To assess family satisfaction with care provided to patients in critical care units in Islamabad.

Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 11 medical and surgical critical care units at two private hospitals in Islamabad, Pakistan. The purposive sample consisted of 323 immediate family members and other relatives and friends (referred to as family members in this article) of 323 patients admitted to the critical care units for at least 24 hours.

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