ANECDOTAL RECORD/ REPORT

ANECDOTE RECORD OR REPORT AND ITS FORMAT
TANOJ PATIDAR MSc NURSING

1. ANECDOTAL RECORD FORM
Anecdotal record is a record of some significant item of conduct, a record of an
episode in the life of students, a word picture of the student in action, a word
snapshot at the moment of the incident, any narration of events in which may
be significant about his personality.
Objectives: 1. Provide information regarding a student’s development over a
period of time.
2. Provide ongoing records about individual instructional needs.
3.Capture observations of significant behaviours that might otherwise be lost.
Student name: Chirag Jain Date: XX/XX/XXXX

Place: XYZ hospital Navi Mumbai Time: XX:XX AM/PM

School/college: XYZ hospital Section/class: Staff nurse


Description of setting: XYZ hospital Navi Mumbai, 6
th
floor, deluxe room, with adequate
light, male staff nurse Chirag Jain giving shower to bedridden patient.

Description of the incident: My friend Chirag Jain showered a client and was much more
organised than yesterday. He was really conscious of safety aspects because of the
client’s unstable gait. whilst showering the client, he noticed some broken skin on his
sacrum. He informed our preceptor and together we discussed a plan of care in relation
with this problem. Appropriate wound management was implemented by him and
administered the client medication ensuring performed the 5 rights. He was able to
describe the action of medication to the client. In the process of administering a client
digoxin, he noticed that his heart rate was 46 beats/minute, withheld and informed the
doctor and in charge nurse.

Recorded by: Tanoj Patidar Signature: