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APA referencing examples

Examples and recommendations for formatting with APA, for specialised sources

 

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

 

 

 

 

Printable document of examples

This document contains examples of APA 7th formatting for selected, specialised health and medicine sources, reflecting those presented in the online guide.