Measuring objectives is measure the progress, that why "to monitor changes to the problem" is the answer.
When we are setting objectives, these need to be measurable, because monitoring is crucial. This way, we can have a particular approach to events and see if objectives are having the expected performance.
The SOAP note (an acronym for subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) is a method of documentation employed by health care providers to write out notes in a patient's chart, along with other common formats, such as the admission note.