Best Stethoscope for Cardiac Nursing - Page 2

I use the Littman Cardiology III. I wanted a traditional bell and diaphram. It came in handy during peds rotation. However, a lot of the nurses on my floor use really craptastic scopes.

Earlier this week, we had a patient return from surgery with a NG tube. My preceptor couldn't hear the air when checking placement. She couldn't hear bowel sounds either. I used mine and heard the air and hypoactive bowel sounds. Gave my scope to her to make sure I was correct, and she confirmed it.

Get a good scope, because you need to be able to hear what's going on clearly and without worrying about missing something important.

Master Cardiology here.. when the docs round they always ask to use my stethoscope. In fact, I am so used to the acoustics that it's hard to hear out of other nurses stethoscopes.

Got this Allheart acoustic cardio scope ($15 on sale) waiting for my Thinklabs to come back from repairs. Heavy. Works well.

lol, I remember working with Rick (an excellent RN) and he had a cheap $10 stethoscope. When asked about it, he said "if I can hear it with this, it's clinically significant! Along those lines, if you can hear something like wheezes or crackles without a scope it's clinically significant. Personally, though, I have a master littman.

I ordered one of these today. Thank you for the infor and website.