Best stethoscope?

[1224_NS]

Hi Everyone! I'm in the process of purchasing scrubs, shoes, and a stethoscope for my clinical starting in January. Excuse me while I scream because I finally made it to this point! 

I need to purchase a stethoscope that does NOT have a floating diaphragm. I tried looking up what that means but I don't know what that means. So if someone could explain that would be appreciated. 

But my main question is do you prefer the Classic III or Cardiology IV by Littman? Which one can you hear better with?

Thank you in advance! I appreciate it!

[igtgrnokbye]

It doesn’t matter what you use. Your knowledge and skill will be more important than your stethoscope. Besides everyone gets a CXR, CT, echo now anyways. 

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

52 minutes ago, igtgrnokbye said:

It doesn’t matter what you use. Your knowledge and skill will be more important than your stethoscope. Besides everyone gets a CXR, CT, echo now anyways. 

In the hospital, yes, most likely. Not every nurse works in the hospital. 

[igtgrnokbye]

Still doesn’t matter. Disposable cheapies get the job done unless you have some sort of hearing deficit.  In a pinch you can press a plastic anoscope to the area to be ausculted, but you’d have to get pretty close. ?

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

3 hours ago, igtgrnokbye said:

Still doesn’t matter. Disposable cheapies get the job done unless you have some sort of hearing deficit.  In a pinch you can press a plastic anoscope to the area to be ausculted, but you’d have to get pretty close. ?

No, my reply was to everyone gets a CXR, CT, or echo. Agree with cheapie unless hearing deficit