Vancouver Templates

Codes & Guides

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SIGN

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SCOTTISH INTERCOLLEGIATE GUIDELINES NETWORK (SIGN), Publication year. Book title. Edition (if not first). City of publication: Publisher.

Example

Citation

(Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network 2010)

Reference List

SCOTTISH INTERCOLLEGIATE GUIDELINES NETWORK (SIGN), 2010. Diagnosis and pharmacological management of Parkinson's disease: a national clinical guideline. Edinburgh: SIGN.

Nursing and Midwifery Council

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Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC] (Year of publication) Title of code. Place of publication: publisher. Or available at: URL or DOI (Accessed: date).

Example

Citation

(Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2015)

Reference List

Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC] (2015) The code: professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwifes and nursing associates. Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-publications/nmc-code.pdf (Accessed: 18 January 2024).

Notes

Print vs. e-version of code

This example on this page shows the layout for the online version of the Code. If using the print version, the template is identical up to, and including, the title of the code. Following that, use Place of publication and Publisher instead of Available at: URL or DOI (Accessed: date). The place of publication and publisher details are typically London: NMC. but check the version you are reading for full details.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Title of guideline [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [cited Year Month Day]. [Report series and number]. Available from: DOI or URL

Example

Citation

Each item is assigned a number according to its first location within the assignment. The same number should be used again if referring to the same source later within the assignment.

Paraphrasing/Summarising

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence provide guidance on managing hearing loss in adults (1).

Quoting

If page numbers are available then the page number where the direct quote was taken from should be provided after the citation number.

In the National Institutute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on managing hearing loss in adults it states that "...."(1 p. 18).

Reference List (arranged numercially by the citation order in the text)

1. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Hearing loss in adults: assessment and management [Internet]. London: NICE; 2018 [cited 2024 Mar 4]. [NG98]. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98

Notes

Print vs. e-version of NICE Guidelines

If you have read the print version of the NICE guideline (i.e. read it in paper format) then you would construct the reference without [Internet], [Cited date] and URL. The rest of the reference would remain as shown.

Bibliography

If you have used an item for information but not directly referred to it in your assignment then it should be included in a separate Bibliography after the Reference List. The format of the Bibliography entry is exactly the same as the Reference List with the omission of the citation number. The Bibliography is arranged alphabetically by author surname.