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APA referencing examples

Examples and recommendations for formatting with APA, for specialised sources

Codes of practice, codes of ethics

 

Example: NMBA Code of Conduct

 
Reference:

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. (2018). Code of conduct for nurses. https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards.aspx

 
In-text, first time:

Parenthetical citation: (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia [NMBA], 2018)

Narrative citation: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA, 2018)

 
In-text, thereafter:

Parenthetical citation: (NMBA, 2018)

Narrative citation: NMBA (2018)

 

Statement from a professional body

 

Example: Faculty of Pain Medicine statement

 
Reference:

Faculty of Pain Medicine. (2021) Statement regarding the use of opioid analgesics in patients with chronic non-cancer pain (PS01 PM). Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. https://www.anzca.edu.au/getattachment/7d7d2619-6736-4d8e-876e-6f9b2b45c435/PS01(PM)-Statement-regarding-the-use-of-opioid-analgesics-in-patients-with-chronic-non-cancer-pain

 
In-text Citation:

Parenthetical citation: (Faculty of Pain Medicine, 2021)

Narrative citation: Faculty of Pain Medicine (2021)

Guidelines

 

Example: Emergency medicine triage guidelines

 

Reference:

Australasian College of Emergency Medicine. (2023). Guidelines on the implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale in emergency departments. https://tinyurl.com/ACEM-triage

 

In-text, first time:

Parenthetical citation: (Australasian College of Emergency Medicine [ACEM], 2023)

Narrative citation: Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM, 2023)

 

In-text, thereafter:

Parenthetical citation: (ACEM, 2023)

Narrative citation: ACEM (2023)

 

 

 

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.