APA DOCUMENTATION

THEORY
THE VALUE OF APA FOR FSE AND RPN

• APA documentation is needed when developing a health or

business or action plan that includes information from other
resources/people
• APA documentation ensures that we legally acknowledge
other people’s words, ideas, and actions
APA

• American Psychological Association (APA): A style

to format academic papers
GENERAL PAGE SETUP

• 1 inch Margins
• Times New Roman or Arial font style
• 12 point font size
• Double space
TITLE PAGE
• Running Head
• Page Number
• Paper title
• Your name and student number
• Instructor name
• Date of Submission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1jDr93WC4
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HEADINGS

• Headings
▫ May or may not include Introduction heading

Introduction

Chemotherapy

Intravenous Administration

Antineoplastic drug.
 IN-TEXT CITATIONS
• In Text Citations: An example with a website
In addition to the number of psychological
impacts, obesity is a common physical effect
of excessive television viewing (website by
Kids Health)
• Paraphrase: Watching too much television can
cause obesity (Kids Health, 2005).
• Direct Quote: “In addition to the number of
psychological impacts, obesity is a common
physical effect of excessive television viewing”
(Kids Health, 2005, par. 3).
• In-Text Citations with other common sources
• Book
• Paraphrase (Smith, 2005) (Smith & Willis, 2005) (Smith et al., 2005)
• Quote (Smith, 2005, p. 10)
• Journal Article
• Paraphrase (Smith, 2005)
• Quote (Smith, 2005, p. 10)
REFERENCES

• References Page
• Still double spaced
• Continue header and page number
• Alphabetical order
• Hanging Indent
• A book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ibg_CVt6A

• A journal article:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcervwkF-NY

• Electronic sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQp8sPfu1D4
HELPFUL RESOURCES

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/
• Be weary of doc references support
LET’S PRACTICE IN WORD DOC