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 Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:17 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:14 am
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| TANRailgun Wrote: |
| Slick Southpaw Wrote: |
| TANRailgun Wrote: |
| I'm a compulsive buyer of headphones and ear buds...I mean I have a pair of ******** $700 professional headphones, that you really can't beat in quality unless you're planning on paying $5000+ for some kind of crazy custom job with only marginally better sound quality...and yet I still find myself buying skullcandy ear buds when they are on sale, or el cheapo knockoffs and s**t...AND I DON'T KNOW WHY!!! |
 Skullcandy is not cheap, it's the Gummi headphones that are. Er--unless Skull candy is cheap where you live.
I'm afraid to buy super expensive headphones because of how much I use them when I'm sleeping, working out, traveling about. My lil bro has some Bose ones that are fukkin amazing, but even with his a**l retentive tendencies, its starting to fray.
*would post something about being a Redwings fan in the Southwest but it's not terribly eccentric anymore, especially when the Wings play the Coyotes here. You get more Wings fans than Coyotes fans  *
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I've seen the cheaper skull candy models on sale at Best Buy for like $20. Bought a pair too...but yeah, normally it's too expensive for me...but still on sale is on sale. |
late reply is super late
Huh, I wonder how prices work where you are, because for me, Gummis usually cost like $10 tops and cheaaaapest skull candy headphones have been regular price at $20.
Your discussion on math reminds me of being stuck between a physics conversation between me, my dad, and my lil bro. Dad is a civil engineer, lil bro is studying to be a space physicist and I just love biomechanics. Though every time my bro would start veering off to more abstract theories, I'd try and steer him back to what we were originally talking about so I could keep straight what we were talking about.
...we have Steven Hawkings designated as "offical bathroom reading material" at home 
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:44 am
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| A Really Bad Idea Wrote: |
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 because then it's above my ability to participate in the conversation. I'm a nursing student, not aiming to study physics, much less deal with theoretical stuff. I like it on the side.
-sigh- I need to go become a nurse practitioner to feel justified with my lil bro
I feel my dork levels are over 9000, but some of the stuff is pretty fascinating, I will give you that. |
I suppose it could get quite difficult to follow.
Also, if I'm honest, I actually do find a lot of interest in medical work (how in depth does it get for you?) although it's more the biochem than any other aspect.
Nothing wrong with being nerdy; far too many facinating things to justify being anything but! |
I think if I wasn't in fast track nursing and so stressed out, I'd honestly appreciate it more. I'm looking forward to pharmacology, which I will be taking shortly.
It does get pretty in depth with taking observable signs and patient's subjective descriptions and working out what might be wrong, how to handle it, and make sure the patient doesn't get worse. And I really like how nursing addresses a more holistic aspect of not just chemicals making a body better, but mind and body. It's a lot of detective work since we're with the patients so much, and I like it a lot. Microbiology and infection control is amazingly creepy and awesome. I'd love to be a certified wound care nurse too. That is just amazing how pressure sores can deviate to something even worse. And talking about cross contamination and prevention of such just fascinates me as well.
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:49 am
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| Slick Southpaw Wrote: |
| TANRailgun Wrote: |
| Slick Southpaw Wrote: |
| TANRailgun Wrote: |
| I'm a compulsive buyer of headphones and ear buds...I mean I have a pair of ******** $700 professional headphones, that you really can't beat in quality unless you're planning on paying $5000+ for some kind of crazy custom job with only marginally better sound quality...and yet I still find myself buying skullcandy ear buds when they are on sale, or el cheapo knockoffs and s**t...AND I DON'T KNOW WHY!!! |
Skullcandy is not cheap, it's the Gummi headphones that are. Er--unless Skull candy is cheap where you live.
I'm afraid to buy super expensive headphones because of how much I use them when I'm sleeping, working out, traveling about. My lil bro has some Bose ones that are fukkin amazing, but even with his a**l retentive tendencies, its starting to fray.
*would post something about being a Redwings fan in the Southwest but it's not terribly eccentric anymore, especially when the Wings play the Coyotes here. You get more Wings fans than Coyotes fans *
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I've seen the cheaper skull candy models on sale at Best Buy for like $20. Bought a pair too...but yeah, normally it's too expensive for me...but still on sale is on sale. |
[b][color=darkslateblue]late reply is super late
Huh, I wonder how prices work where you are, because for me, Gummis usually cost like $10 tops and cheaaaapest skull candy headphones have been regular price at $20. |
Yeah that sounds about right, it may be because Best buy marks everything up by like 50%. I DID find a pair of pro-quality head phones on clearance at F.Y.E. the other day...I swear to god I almost had an organism, but I was broke so I didn't get them...
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:02 pm
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| Slick Southpaw Wrote: |
| I think if I wasn't in fast track nursing and so stressed out, I'd honestly appreciate it more. I'm looking forward to pharmacology, which I will be taking shortly. |
I can see your point, and yes, phamacology (as much as I can recollect from having parents incessantly discuss drug action) is fun.
| Slick Southpaw Wrote: |
| It does get pretty in depth with taking observable signs and patient's subjective descriptions and working out what might be wrong, how to handle it, and make sure the patient doesn't get worse. And I really like how nursing addresses a more holistic aspect of not just chemicals making a body better, but mind and body. It's a lot of detective work since we're with the patients so much, and I like it a lot. Microbiology and infection control is amazingly creepy and awesome. I'd love to be a certified wound care nurse too. That is just amazing how pressure sores can deviate to something even worse. And talking about cross contamination and prevention of such just fascinates me as well. |
The italicized has prompted me to go fetch my pipe and cane then reach a hospital post-haste. In all seriousness though, I can see how that is fun. That said, I can't profess to have ever enjoyed microbiology; if only because the observation and analysis of microbes so headache inducing.
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:11 pm
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| A Really Bad Idea Wrote: |
| Slick Southpaw Wrote: |
| I think if I wasn't in fast track nursing and so stressed out, I'd honestly appreciate it more. I'm looking forward to pharmacology, which I will be taking shortly. |
I can see your point, and yes, phamacology (as much as I can recollect from having parents incessantly discuss drug action) is fun.
| Slick Southpaw Wrote: |
| It does get pretty in depth with taking observable signs and patient's subjective descriptions and working out what might be wrong, how to handle it, and make sure the patient doesn't get worse. And I really like how nursing addresses a more holistic aspect of not just chemicals making a body better, but mind and body. It's a lot of detective work since we're with the patients so much, and I like it a lot. Microbiology and infection control is amazingly creepy and awesome. I'd love to be a certified wound care nurse too. That is just amazing how pressure sores can deviate to something even worse. And talking about cross contamination and prevention of such just fascinates me as well. |
The italicized has prompted me to go fetch my pipe and cane then reach a hospital post-haste. In all seriousness though, I can see how that is fun. That said, I can't profess to have ever enjoyed microbiology; if only because the observation and analysis of microbes so headache inducing. |
Haha, just be sure not to get a nocosomial infection if the urge takes you that way.
I didn't start liking microbiology till I saw the destructive power that it holds in diseases and how scarily resistant some of those buggers are. Plus, I've had some epic zombie virus conversations that was further enhanced by studies in micro with only minimal tweaks of sci fi.
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:52 pm
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| A Really Bad Idea Wrote: |
| Can I get a name on that? You piqued my curiosity. |
Doctor Robin Cook is his name.
| A Really Bad Idea Wrote: |
Now, that leads to the more fun part - the logistics to get it right. For example; removing hands would clearly cut down on infections passed by lack of washing. 
That said, the logistical nightmare you present just sounds like a decent challenge. |
It's a decent challenge that's been plaguing hospitals over the world for a long time now 
Part of the problem lies in the soap quality. For example, the water-less cleaner stuff that instantly dries, y'know, Purell? That doesn't kill everything. It doesn't remove one of the most easily spreadable bacteria in hospitals, commonly known as C.difficile. It can only be removed by proper handwashing. To effectively handwash, one needs to use warm water, soap and scrub hands for at least 15 seconds. What if you're working in the ER and you are chronically understaffed? Not a lot of time to wash between patients, especially if people are in respiratory distress or bleeding. 15 seconds doesn't seem a lot, but it adds up. Also take into consideration soap types.
When investigating, CDC found a number of soaps that were highly effective at destroying microorganisms on the skin that could be transferred from patient to patient. Problem is, it's highly irritating to the skin. A lot of people didn't want to deal with dry and cracked skin from constant handwashing and not having the time to moisturize their skin to prevent break down. Also, not a lot of people remember to wipe down their stethoscopes after each patient. Someone might have some kind of microorganism that was on their skin, is now on the stethoscope and just got on mr jones who has a compromised immune system. BAM, infected.
That's one of the problems with C. difficile, it's so damn resilient. The spores aren't easily destroyed. It just starts with one person having a bout of diarrhea and it just becomes a matter of time because of the incubation period verses spreading period vs actually knowing and treating. Plus, people spew out spores of C. diff for a while even when considered to "not be contagious." Huuuuge problem in the nursing homes and hospitals.
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