Nursing Citation Guides: APA, AMA, Vancouver

Core Styles

The citation styles nursing programs ask for

APA 7th is the default in most nursing programs. AMA and Vancouver appear in medicine, public health, and many journals. Always confirm the required style in your syllabus or program handbook.

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Nursing & Health Sciences

APA 7th Edition

Author-date system used by most nursing programs. Journals, textbooks, websites, guidelines, and reports with nursing examples.

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Medical & Clinical

AMA 11th Edition

American Medical Association style. Superscript numbers and a numbered list, common in medicine and public health.

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Biomedical Journals

Vancouver

Numbered system used in biomedical and many nursing journals. Sources are numbered in order of first citation.

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Varies by Institution

Harvard

Author-date system used by many universities outside the US. Details differ by institution, so check your department guide.

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Humanities & Ethics

MLA 9th Edition

Occasionally requested in health humanities, ethics, and writing courses. Core elements and containers explained.

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History & Ethics

Chicago

Notes-bibliography and author-date systems, sometimes used in nursing history and ethics coursework.

How-To Guides

Cite a specific source type

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APA

APA In-Text Citations

How to cite inside the body of your paper: parenthetical and narrative forms, multiple authors, group authors, and quotes.

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How-To

How to Cite a Journal Article

Nursing journal articles in APA, AMA, Vancouver, and Harvard, including articles found through CINAHL or PubMed.

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How-To

How to Cite a Book

Textbooks such as pharmacology and fundamentals texts, plus edited books, chapters, and e-books.

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How-To

How to Cite a Website

CDC, WHO, and professional society pages, plus pages with no author or date, in the major styles.

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How-To

How to Cite a Dissertation

Doctoral dissertations, master's theses, and DNP scholarly projects from ProQuest or institutional repositories.

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How-To

How to Cite a Clinical Practice Guideline

Guidelines from professional societies and expert panels in APA, with AMA and Vancouver notes.

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How-To

How to Cite a Government Report

Reports and web publications from CDC, WHO, HHS, and AHRQ, with organisation-as-author rules.

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Essential

How to Avoid Plagiarism

Paraphrasing, quoting, and citing correctly, plus reusing your own work and following your integrity policy.

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