Chapter 10: Academic Integrity and Style Rules (APA 7th edition)
Sample Reference Page
References
Campbell, D. T., & Stanley, J. C. (1963). Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research. Houghton Mifflin.
Canty, L. (2021). The lived experience of severe maternal morbidity among Black women. Nursing Inquiry, 29(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12466
Lapum, J. (2018). Deepening the mystery of arts-based research in the health sciences. In P. Leavy (Ed.), Handbook of arts-based research (pp. 526-545). Guilford Press.
Racine, L., Ford, H., Johnson, L., & Fowler-Kerry, S. (2021). An integrative review of Indigenous informal caregiving in the context of dementia care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(4), 895-917. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15102
St-Amant, O. (2014). A critical examination of the social organizations within Canadian NGOs in the provision of HIV/AIDS health network in Tanzania. (Publication No. 2092). [Doctoral dissertation, Western University]. Western Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2092/
College of Nurses of Ontario (2018). Competencies for entry-level registered nurse practice (rev.ed.) https://www.cno.org/globalassets
***NOTE: the reference list above should be double spaced with a hanging indent of 0.5 inches for each subsequent line of a citation.
Student Tip
Have you ever wanted to reference something from your instructor’s powerpoint slide or something they said during class or something an expert said at a conference. First, make sure what you want to reference is an original idea from your instructor and not just something from your required readings that they have repeated in class. You always want to go to the primary source if possible, and avoid citing your instructor’s powerpoint slides.
If it is something they said, you reference it as a Personal Communication in the text only; this means it does not need to go in your reference list (APA, 2020). You must ask their permission to reference them. Here is an example:
- L. Santos (personal communication, November 4, 2019) indicated that it is best to use a trauma-informed nursing approach with all clients.
