Don't forget to warm your stethoscopes nurses!

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Nurses, have you ever had this cute of a response from a cold stethoscope?

Specializes in NICU.

lol, yes. Babies hate it!! I quickly learned as a new nurse to warm them!

Specializes in Pedi.

Babies hate it SO much. A child can go from soundly sleeping to screaming bloody murder in a matter of seconds if a stethoscope is too cold.

Specializes in Hospice / Psych / RNAC.

and clean them...

Thanks for this very helpful reminder!

LOL, very nice ?

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