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NURS 1121 (Term 1): Library Basics

APA Style 7th ed. - Reference examples commonly used in Term 1

Chapter or section from Potter & Perry:

Taylor, C. (with Stockert, P. A.). (2024). Sleep. In B. J. Astle, W. Duggleby, P. A. Potter, P. A. Stockert, A. G. Perry, & A. M. Hall (Eds.), Canadian fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., pp. 1073-1096). Elsevier.

Entire Potter & Perry book:

Astle, B. J., Duggleby, W., Potter, P. A., Stockert, P. A., Perry, A. G., & Hall, A. M. (Eds.). (2024). Canadian fundamentals of nursing (7th ed.). Elsevier.

Entire book with multiple authors:

Thompson, J., Manore, M., & Sheeshka, J. (2014). Nutrition: A functional approach (3rd Canadian ed.). Pearson Canada.
 

Chapter from an ebook from a library database (e.g. Proquest Ebook Central):

Raphael, D. (2016). Social structure, living conditions, and health. In D. Raphael (Ed.), Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives (3rd ed., pp. 32-56). Canadian Scholars Press.
 

Online journal article with DOI:

Rankin, J. M. (2015). The rhetoric of patient and family centred care: An institutional ethnography into what actually happens. Journal of Advanced Nursing71(3), 526-534. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12575
 

Online journal article without DOI, with a nondatabase URL:

Hogan, D. R., & Salomon, J. A. (2005). Prevention and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in resource-limited settings. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83(2), 135–143. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/72965

Journal, magazine or newspaper article without DOI, in print or from most library databases (such as CINAHL):

Cannabis think tank lays groundwork for addressing education gaps. (2018). Canadian Nurse, 114(3), 14–16.
 

Section of the CNA Code of Ethics:

Canadian Nurses Association. (2017). Honouring dignity. In Code of ethics for registered nurses (Part I D, pp. 12-13). https://www.cna-aiic.ca/en/nursing/regulated-nursing-in-canada/nursing-ethics 

Entire CNA Code of Ethics:

Canadian Nurses Association. (2017). Code of ethics for registered nurses. https://www.cna-aiic.ca/en/nursing/regulated-nursing-in-canada/nursing-ethics

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