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Nursing

An online library guide dedicated to assisting all individuals from the Mennonite College of Nursing with their research and information needs.

Examples of Commonly Used Citations

In general, citing sources will follow this format:
  • Author, date, title, source
Here are some examples of common types of sources that nursing students use:
Journal article:
  • Deeb, A. M., Vaughan, C., Puddester, R., & Curnew, D. (2024). Embracing paradigmatic diverstiy in nursing: The Stadium Model in Nursing. Advances in Nursing Science, 47(3), 274-287. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000510 
Textbook:
  • Hockenberry, M. J., Duffy, E., & Gibbs, K. (2024). Wong's nursing care of infants and children. Elsevier.
JBI Best Practice Information Sheets:
  • Moola, S., Evans, C., Nalubega, S., McLuskey, J., Darlington, N., Croston, M., & Bath-Hextall, F. (2018). The views and experiences nurses and midwives in the provision and management of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling [Best practice information sheet]. Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database, 20(10), 1–5. https://jbi.global/ 
JBI Evidence Summary:
  • James, A. H. (2019). Cardiac rehabilitation: Home-based versus center-based [Evidence summary]. Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database. https://jbi.global/
Article from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews:
  • Ellahi, A., Stewart, F., Kidd, E. A., Griffiths, R., Fernandez, R., & Muhammad Imran Omar, M. I. (2021). Strategies for the removal of short-term indwelling urethral catheters in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004011.pub4 
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