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Metro State Writing Center, drafted spring 2026

Nursing-specific resources

  • Top 5 Types of Sources for Nursing Students Using APA Style on You Tube

    Apa Style, Official. (2024, November 12) Top 5 types of sources for nursing students using APA Style [Video]. You Tube. 9:48.
  • Nursing Student References tab on APA Style Blog鈥攑osted in fall 2024 and tagged as new to the 7th edition
    鈥淩eferences for clinical practice appear throughout the seventh edition APA Style manuals but are consolidated on this page for ease of reference for health care professionals and students. This guidance is new to the 7th edition.鈥

    American Psychological Association. (2024, November) Nursing student references.

Notes on differentiating similar sources for in-text citations

  • In-text citations of different works with three or more authors with the same publication date that shorten to the same form in the body of a paper

    Write out as many names as needed to distinguish the sources, and abbreviate the rest of the names to 鈥渆t al.鈥 in every citation.
    • Example: both published 2024
      1st work authored by Jones, Chang, Montoya, Bautista, and Muhigaba
      2nd work authored by Jones, Chang, Ramos, Sekely, and Warne =
      (Jones, Chang, Montoya, et al., 2024) / (Jones, Chang, Ramos, et al., 2024)
  • Multiple sources with the same author and date
    Add lowercase letters to the date in the reference entry, like this: Chau, B. (2021a) The art of citation. htttp//url. / Chau, B. (2021b) How to eat pizza. htttp//url.
    • Example in-text citations:
      (Chau, 2021a) / (Chau, 2021b)

Stylistics: Beyond attribution and citation

鈥掷迟测濒别 refers to guidelines for ensuring clear, consistent communication and presentation ... When you follow style guidelines, you avoid inconsistencies among and within academic papers, journal articles, and book chapters.

-APA Style and Grammar Guidelines, Mechanics of Style

We鈥檝e curated the following links to the APA 7 website as a quick reference when drafting to help ensure you are correctly framing your work professionally at all levels, not only in terms of citation.

  • Applying JARS for Argumentation, Professionalism, and Clarity

(apastyle.apa.org/jars)

(apastyle.apa.org/jars/infographic.pdf)

(apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/bias-free-language/general-principles)

  • Abstracts, Appendices, Tables & Figures for Useful Overviews and Engaging Data Presentation

(apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/abstract-keywords-guide.pdf)

(apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reading-abstracts.pdf)

Guide (apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/appendices)

(apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures)

  • Headings for Mapping Argumentation and Professional Standardizing

(apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/anatomy-journal-article.pdf)

(apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/heading-template-student-paper.pdf)

  • Style Sheet: Mechanics Specific to APA 7

Page (apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/mechanics-style)

(apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/abbreviations-guide.pdf)

(apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/active-voice.pdf)

(apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/numbers-statistics-guide.pdf)

(apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/style-transitions-guide.pdf)