INTRODUCTION:
Definition
Meaning:
• It should include:
PURPOSES:
•To understand individual basic personality pattern and his reaction indifferent
situations.
• It provides a means of communication between the members of the health care team
and facilitates coordinated planning and continuity of care. It acts as a medium for data
exchange between the health care team.
• Date of Observation
• Name of observer
• Incident
• Signature of the observer
6. They are very good for young children, who are unable to use paper-pencil test. ..
9. They can be used by the counselor as source information for giving evidence.
10. They provide specific and exact description personality and minimizes
generalizations.
13. The new members may use these records and acquaint themselves with the students.
1. They tend to be less reliable than other observational tools as they tend to be less
formal and systematic.
3. It is difficult for the observer to maintained objectivity when he/she records the
incident observed.
4. When incidents are noted and read out of context they may lose their meaning
5. The observer tends to record only undesirable incident and neglect the positive
incident.
6. They present only a verbal description of the incident. They do not reveal causes.
Although, the anecdotal records has certain limitation, it is possible to make anecdotal
records effective by keeping following principle in the minds of the observers
CLASS……………….
SUBJECT………………….
NAME OF OBSERVER………………………
OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION………………..
• They should be kept by all teachers and not only by the student's teacher
• The teacher should have the practice and training in making observation and writing
anecdotal records.
The first part of an anecdotal record should be factual, simple, and clear.
• Name of student
• Unit/ward/department
2. The second of the anecdotal record may include additional comments, analysis and
conclusions based on interpretations and judgments.
• What happened?
B. Brevity
C Clarity.
Descriptive reports: The instructor writes a brief report on student nurse's performance
over a given period.
These reports are quite useful if instructor highlights student's strengths and weaknesses
in a systematic way.
Instructor decides what to include in a report and she may quite inconsistent unless she
is guided by some kind of a structure. Otherwise these type of reports turn out to be
subjective assessments.
Anecdotal Notes :
Anecdotal notes are frequently used in nursing education for recording data about the
student's practice and reliability. The concerns expressed relate to the format of the
note, the system of collecting the notes, and the use made of the information collected.
SUMMARY:
Anecdotes should preserve the sequence of actions and responses of the original
behavior incident. Anecdotes should be objective, accurate and complete as far as
important details are concerned. Good literary style; correct grammar and spelling and
even complete sentences are in-consequential. Words chosen should be precise and
unambiguous, nouns and verbs primarily; subjective terminology exemplified by most
objectives and adverbs, should be used sparingly.
CONCLUSION:
The anecdotal record is useful for the guidance worker and teacher as it present
dynamic picture about the pupil in different situations. An anecdotal record consists of
an objec-tive description of pupil behavior in a particular environmental setting, an
interpretation of the behavior by the observer writing the description, and a
recommendation for further action based on the incident and its interpretation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2. Sudha R.Nursing education : Principles and concepts . New Delhi , India : Jaypee
Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd ; 2013: p 181-183