Nursing rubrics at Chamberlain, WGU, Capella, GCU, and Walden strictly penalize sources older than 5 years. Paste your reference list below to instantly flag expired citations, missing DOIs, and APA 7th formatting issues.
For coursework submitted in 2026, peer-reviewed clinical research must be published between 2021 and 2026. Older studies indicate obsolete clinical practice.
Historical frameworks (Florence Nightingale, Dorothea Orem, Jean Watson, Lewin) are exempt only if explicitly identified as seminal foundational theories.
APA 7th mandates live URLs formatted as https://doi.org/... rather than older label formats like doi:10.xxx.