Characteristics and determinants of the academic goals in nursing education: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Academic goals guide the learning mode of nursing students, focus their objectives and influence the acquisition of skills. However, research on academic goals and related variables is scarce.

Objective: To study the relationship between different sociodemographic and academic variables with the type of academic goal in nursing students at the Universitat Jaume I (Spain).

Validation of the attitudes to patient safety questionnaire for nursing students in the Spanish context.

Background: There are different instruments to assess the attitudes of nursing students towards patient safety. However, no questionnaire validated in Spanish with this objective was identified. The objective of this study was to validate the Attitudes to Patient Safety (APS) questionnaire for nursing students in Spain and to study the attitudes towards patient safety of nursing students at the Universitat Jaume I (Spain).

Academic goals orientation questionnaire for Colombian nursing students: Validity and reliability study.

Background: Academic motivation guides students toward the achievement of academic objectives and influences their learning. However, there is little research on this subject in nursing education, and validated instruments are not available in Latin America.

Objective: To determine the validity and reliability of the Academic Goals Orientation Questionnaire in Colombian nursing students.

[The 1918 influenza epidemic in Bogota].

The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 was one of the most severe recorded in Colombia. There were 1,900 deaths in the capital, Bogota. The poor and unprotected were the most affected.