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Referencing Guide

This guide provides a list of commonly referenced documents

Hospital Guidelines

Referencing a Prompt Guideline from another hospital

Corporate Author (MonthDate) Title [Prompt Guildeline]

Alfred Health (Jan, 2020) Gastrostomy Tube Insertion, Management and Removal in Adults Gastrostomy Tube Insertion, Management and Removal in Adults [Prompt Guideline]. 

Note Please note that the URL provided by another organisation is behind their own intranet, so URL will not work.

 

Referencing a hospital guideline that is available via the public domain (Internet)

The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Clinical Practice Guideline on topic name, [Internet, last updated see date at the bottom of the particular guideline (where available)cited date you last viewed], Available from: https://wwww.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/

UpToDate

Referencing a chapter / topic from UpToDate

Authors (Date Topic was last reviewed) Title of Topic In. Editor of Topic (Ed.) UpToDate. Retrieval date from URL

Williams, J., & Nieuwsma, J. (2016). Screening for depression in adults. In J. A. Melin (Ed.), UpToDate. Retrieved February 1, 2017, from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/screening-for-depression-in-adults

Cochrane Database

Referencing a Systematic Review from Cochrane

Singh, J., Kour, K., & Jayaram Mahesh, B. (2012). Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for schizophrenia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012(1), 1–101. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007967.pub2

Living Guidelines

Referencing Living Guidelines which are guidelines that are continually updated 

Stroke Foundation. (n.d.). Clinical guidelines for stroke management. Retrieved July 16, 2020, from https://informme.org.au/en/Guidelines/Clinical-Guidelines-for-Stroke-Management-2017

Note the date of retrieval as guidelines such as these are always updated.

Joanna Briggs

Evidence Based Nursing Resources

Joanna Briggs Institute. (2007). Effective dietary interventions for overweight and obese children. Best Practice: Evidence based information sheets for health professionals, 11(1), 1-4. http://joannabriggs.org/

Note Cabrini doesn't subscribe to JBI, however so make the URL general to the JBI database link