Where you work do you use an infant or a pediatric stethoscope on the babies? I'm soon to be a graduate nurse and the unit I work on uses pediatric stethoscopes. I didn't know if one was better than the other?
dansamy 672 Posts Specializes in Going to Peds!. Sep 9, 2013 Infant. But I'm hard of hearing. I use a Littman Cardiology III on peds/adults. I use a borrowed Littman infant on new people. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com
Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP 17 Articles; 5,259 Posts Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery. Sep 12, 2013 I prefer pediatric, as do all the NPs I work with. We have a neonatal steth floating around but I never see anyone use it.
OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN 1,229 Posts Specializes in Labor and Delivery. Has 3 years experience. Sep 14, 2013 I have an infant but rarely use it. It just sits in my work bag. I usually just use the steths on the unit which are pediatric ones :)
