Instead of answering all the emails individually, I decided to make a post: No, I did NOT video tape my bed bath, and No, I do not need another volunteer on which to practice my bed bath skills. But I appreciate all your support and enthusiasm 
We reviewed our first lecture test. One of the questions I missed was over subjective statements. In my own words, something is subjective when it is my opinion/observation/thought on something, and not a concrete fact. One of our test questions basically asked:
“Which of these nursing notes is a subjective statement?”
A. Client appears sleepy.
B. Clients states, “I am nervous and anxious.”
(and there were two other choices that are not relevant)
I picked A. Since it’s my opinion, I considered it the subjective statement. When I quote someone, I think that is objective. That’s a fact — it’s what they said. But, the teacher didn’t agree. She couldn’t explain why A was wrong, which is very frustrating. But because of a question that was tossed, I wound up with a 90. No complaints here!
My physical assessment check-off went great. When I stopped to pick up my grade, my instructor told me, “You are such a pleasure to have in class. I can tell you put a lot of time and effort into your skills. It shows, and I appreciate it.” That was so awesome to hear and really made me feel good!
Since we had our hospital orientation last week, I was supposed to have my first patient today. However, there was a mix-up with our medication check-off schedule. Now this week is crazy – I had my NGT (nasogastric tube) feeding check-off today, medication check-off is on Wednesday and there is a major lecture test on Friday. Three tests in one week? I think we can all agree that is just a wee bit excessive.
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It is ok if you didn;t video tape the bed bath. I think I can find similar videos on the internet
OF course they wouldn’t be as pertty as you
Comment by Briani — March 2, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
Hi! Just found your blog. I’m also a nursing student. I am in my 2nd semester of a 4 sem AD program. For the test questions, it is subjective because it is a statement by the patient and not your own observation. Pretty much everything that a patient says is subjective because it can’t be proven. Your own observations are objective because you actually saw them. I look forward to reading more posts!
Comment by Jen W — March 19, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
You know what? Before I looked at your answer, I picked “A” also, for the same reasons you did. Then, looking at the right answer I realized the problem. BOTH are subjective. Remind me to write decent questions if I ever get to be a nursing instructor. And I’m glad they threw the question out.
Comment by Kim — March 30, 2007 @ 5:20 pm
Kim - Thanks for the validation
Sadly, she didn’t throw that question out — it was a different one.
Jen - Nice to meet you and thanks for stopping by
I’m in a 4 semester program, too. I look forward to hearing more about your nursing adventures!
Brian - I’ll take your word for it
Comment by Jaxia — March 30, 2007 @ 9:25 pm
hi. just came across this. It’s not a hard concept to grasp, easiest question you’ll EVER get on an exam. YOU making a statement about client(how client looks, doing, etx) is always objective(think of “O” bjective as “O”bservation) and “S” ubjective as what the patient “S” ays.
Comment by christina — April 11, 2007 @ 5:10 pm