ACORN standards
This is a tricky one! Either of these formats is acceptable and should be marked as correct:
Reference:
Australian College of Perioperative Nurses. (2023). 2023 professional practice standards for perioperative nurses (PPSPN) for organisations.
OR
Reference:
Australian College of Perioperative Nurses. (2023). The new ACORN standards: Vol.4. 2023 professional practice standards for perioperative nurses (PPSPN) for organisations.
In-text, first time:
Parenthetical citation: (Australian College of Perioperative Nurses [ACORN], 2023)
Narrative citation: Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN, 2023)
In-text, thereafter:
Parenthetical citation: (ACORN, 2023)
Narrative citation: ACORN (2023)
Notes:
- ACORN is the accepted acronym for Australian College of Perioperative Nurses not ACPN
- The publisher name is not included here as it's the same as the author
- The URL is not included as the work is not publicly available