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This study aims to determine the prevalence and characteristics of bullying in nursing students, and to describe the association between the prevalence of bullying and socio-demographic attributes. A descriptive, observational, quantitative, and cross-sectional study was carried out of nursing students between 2017 and 2020. Socio-demographic variables were collected. Bullying was assessed through the NAQ-R questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the R statistical program. A total of 411 nursing students were included. A prevalence of perceived bullying of 92% was detected. The main negative attitudes identified were mandated tasks that are below the level of competence (66.3%), changes in tasks for other more trivial or unpleasant ones (60%), having opinions that are ignored (52%), and being excessively supervised (49%). 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