Find the Right Citation Guide for Your Nursing Paper

Your reference list is due soon, and you are not sure whether a guideline, a dataset or an earlier project needs its own format. Each guide below opens with the pattern and one worked example, so you can copy the structure and move on. Choose your style or your source type.

Core Styles
Pick the style your program or journal requires
APA 7 is the default in most nursing programs. AMA 11 and Vancouver appear in medical and manuscript writing. Your handbook or the journal's author instructions decide which one applies.
Default Style
APA 7th Edition for Nursing
Heading levels, the student title page, the reference list and special cases such as secondary sources and reports.
See the APA 7 pattern →
APA 7
APA Tables and Figures
Format tables, evidence tables, logic models and notes in a DNP project or capstone.
Format tables and figures →
APA 7
APA In-Text Citations
Narrative and parenthetical forms, multiple authors, secondary sources, paraphrase and page numbers for quotes.
Cite in the text correctly →
Medical & Clinical
AMA 11th Edition
Superscript numbers, a numbered reference list, and journal and book examples for clinical manuscripts.
See the AMA 11 pattern →
Biomedical Journals
Vancouver and ICMJE
The numbered style behind most biomedical journals, for manuscripts built from a DNP project.
See the Vancouver pattern →
By Source Type
Cite a specific source without guessing
Planning a longer project? Templates are in Resources, and full walkthroughs are in Guides.
Source Type
Cite a Clinical Practice Guideline
Cite guidelines, consensus statements and position statements in APA 7, plus notes for AMA and Vancouver.
Cite a guideline →
Source Type
Cite a Dataset or Health Statistics
Datasets, registries and government data pages such as CDC, WHO and CMS, in APA.
Cite my data →
Source Type
Cite a Dissertation or DNP Project
Published and unpublished dissertations, theses and DNP scholarly projects from databases and repositories.
Cite a thesis or project →
Source Type
Cite Grey Literature
Reports, white papers, policy briefs, posters, preprints and unpublished organizational documents.
Cite a report or poster →
Essential
Avoid Plagiarism
Paraphrasing, quoting, common knowledge, and reusing your own earlier coursework or project text.
Paraphrase and quote safely →

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