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I encourage students to not feel pressured to buy a more expensive stethoscope. Littmann Classic is the way to go!

Great reply, JarOfPennies,

You are so right! Don't let anyone pressure you into something that expensive, that you can get by without. A LOT of nurses and quite a few doctors around here use the Classic II, so I feel if it is good enough for the doc's, it is good enough for me!!

[bekindtokittens]

I got lucky. A friend of mine is a medic and he gave me a Littman Cardiology III, how nice was that?!! I've even tried it out on my cats...

As for the Danskos, despite all the rave reviews, I'm just not sold. I purchased a pair a couple of years ago. I wore them out of the store, walked halfway around the mall, and walked back to the store and returned them. The heel sliding out of the back thing drove me bonkers. I get blisters on my feet very easily, and I suspected the friction on my heels would not be good. My clinicals start in October so I hope to have found the perfect shoe for myself by then.

Oh yeah, good luck to my fellow new nursing students!