This tutorial has been adapted from the tutorial featured in Academic Writer, APA's tool for teaching and learning effective writing.
Formatting Student & Professional Papers
In your nursing coursework, you will be required to write both a student and a professional paper in APA style. The guides below will help you get started.
Provides basic setup directions with annotated diagrams that illustrate how to setup the entire paper including: the title page or cover page, the text, tables and figures, and the reference list.
Provides guidelines on how to create title pages for student papers. However, if instructors provide different guidelines, students should abide by those directions.
Contains sample papers and guidelines for both professional and student papers formatted in APA Style. There are also templates for both formats in Word that are available for download.
