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The materials on the QSEN Web site (http://www.qsen.org/) are freely available for educational use, but original content such as the teaching strategies must be cited.
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Please note: Any educational material posted on the QSEN website is the intellectual property of the authors, co-authors, and/or the institutions by which the authors are employed. The authors and their institutions retain the copyright to the materials; however, materials may be utilized by any individual for teaching purposes without asking specific permission.
Those using posted materials for educational purposes are required to reference the name of the submitter, copyright information, and usage restrictions indicated on the materials on the initial screen of an electronic presentation or on the first page of a printed document. Users are also encouraged to reference the www.qsen.org website as the location where materials were accessed.
Materials from the QSEN website may not be published in the scholarly or lay press nor utilized in other ways for monetary gain without first obtaining written consent from the developer/submitter.
Suggested Citation
For citations referencing content on this site, we recommend the following format:
Ironside, P.M. Exploring the Complexity of Advocacy: Balancing Patient-Centered Care and Safety. (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2007, from http://www.qsen.org/teachingstrategy.php?id=58
The example is from the APA style for non-periodical documents on the Internet:
Stand-alone document, author(s) identified, no date. If the author of a document is not identified, begin the reference with the title of the document.
For more information on how to cite electronic references, go to www.apastyle.org/elecref.html.