Holistic Health Assessment starting 9/23

vera4130 · Sep 28, 2013

This seemed too easy. I'm highly suspicious.

LakeEmerald · Sep 28, 2013

It seemed way too easy. I thought this was supposed to be a horrible class! I was poised for an all nighter tonight and instead, I'm done. Suspicious, too. Lol! I followed all the instructions that were given, I could have added a lot more, but I didn't want to do too much, so I just did what I was asked to do.

Can anyone verify that we are not required to respond to the discussion posts of other posters? I saw it on the rubric, so I guess it is true. However, the instructions to the post say "you are encouraged to respond to the posts of your peers." Encourage being the key word, I suppose. OK, moving on to next week. :) I feel encouraged! Hope I feel this way when I get my grades next week. Have a great week everyone!

MBrickle · Sep 28, 2013

Yea, too easy...I won't but it until grades are back. Finished week 2 DB and started on objective. I am using the manual and corresponding info from the book to fill in each section. Each sentence starts with "patient denies" or "patient reports" and I am making sure to incorporate a COLDSPA and 24-hr diet recall in each assignment.

week 2 has more info but if all we are doing is hitting upon each topic mentioned than it isn't that hard...monotonous, yes, but hard, no.

vera4130 · Sep 29, 2013

Week 2 is taking a lot longer, and unfortunately I need to do most of it today. My schedule isn't very good for school this week.

Are we supposed to actually test visual acuity?

MBrickle · Sep 29, 2013

Yea week 2 is longer...hoping to finish objective today.

yes, I wouldn't leave visual acuity out! Hit on everything.

MBrickle · Sep 30, 2013

So, my subjective was 16 pages long...I just got so bored typing it up.

Anyone have grades back? I haven't heard anything from my AC, not even a welcome email but rather a "use her email that we posted on the blackboard into announcement" and I haven't heard anything since...in fact, I emailed her on Thursday or Wednesday and haven't heard and the syllabus outlines the time frame in which assignments and email responses should be made. So annoying.

LakeEmerald · Sep 30, 2013

Yes. Week 2 objective is VERY long! Hoped to finish it today but will have to work it in somewhere this week. I read somewhere that COLDSPA needed to be in each assignment, but isn't that considered subjective? Are other people putting it in their week 2 objective assignments? Thanks!

LakeEmerald · Sep 30, 2013

MBrickle, I think my coach must be grading this weekend, bc I have a change to my grade, but no graded assignments posted yet.

MBrickle · Sep 30, 2013

Yes. Week 2 objective is VERY long! Hoped to finish it today but will have to work it in somewhere this week. I read somewhere that COLDSPA needed to be in each assignment but isn't that considered subjective? Are other people putting it in their week 2 objective assignments? Thanks![/quote']
I think I put one in (copied and pasted from my subjective) because I wasn't sure and wanted to be safe than sorry. I also make sure to put a 24-hr food recall in each assignment as people got docked for that in previous semesters. Reading previous postings on here from other semesters of this class was helpful!

vera4130 · Sep 30, 2013

Going through the eye assessment has been tedious. I don't feel like I have much idea of what I'm looking at, so it's like "uh... yeah that looks normal." I haven't started on the ear, but I have feeling that'll be about the same.

Some of this is interesting, but it's disappoint I'll be able to apply very little of what I'm doing to my practice. I work in ICU and this is just seems totally irrelevant. And I don't feel like there's been a good explanation in the book as to potential causes for abnormalities.

But this just puts me one class closer to being done!

Shara2RN2012 · Oct 1, 2013

Rough couple of days and I am just now starting this week's assignment. I am hoping to knock out a few hours tonight and tomorrow morning. I am working Tues and Wed night shifts. This is killing me.

Shara2RN2012 · Oct 1, 2013

Working on the objective data. Completed questions 1 & 2. It took an hour on its own. WTH! Guess I will try to knock out at least 3 & 4 tonight. I am currently fighting my sleep.