Banner Health FAQs

Banner Librarians recommend APA Style.org

The homepage of the American Psychological Association. This source includes Style and Grammar Guidelines, Instructional Aids, tutorials and webinars. (links provided below)  A quick guide sheet is accessible through the file link.

Basic Components of APA Style for References

Author. (Year). Title. URL
Author. (Year). Chapter Title. In Book Title. URL
Author or Group Name. (Year, Month Date). Title of Webpage. Website Name (if applicable). URL

APA Style Nursing Student References

Examples

UpToDate
Bordeaux, B., & Lieberman, H. R. (2020). Benefits and risks of caffeine and caffeinated beverages. UpToDate. Retrieved February 26, 2020, from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/benefits-and-risks-of-caffeine-and-caffeinated-beverages

Lippincott Solutions 
Lippincott. (2025, May 18). Health history interview, ambulatory care. In Lippincott Procedures. https://procedures.lww.com/lnp/view.do?pId=8539894

YouTube video
Jus Like That. (2022, October 10). How to write a nursing assignment in APA format [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54t-4hp_ek

Rischer, K. [ThinkLikeANurse]. (2016, December 6). How to think like a nurse using clinical reasoning [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fxkrvs8fak

APA Style Classroom or Intranet Sources + APA Style Report by a Government Agency

To cite policy documents in APA Style (7th edition), treat them as reports or gray literature, using the issuing agency as the author, the date, the title, the publication number, publisher, and the URL if available. "For sites requiring users to log in, the URL should be a link to the home page or the login page" (APA Style 2022)

Examples

Banner Policy
Banner Health. (2025, July 23). Banner Health Clinic Encounter Process and Procedure (Policy No. 
4609, Ver. 6). Banner Health Policies and Procedures. https://bannerhealth.policytech.com/