Investing In A Good Stethoscope

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What Kind Of Stethoscope Would You Recommend Investing In For Ns? I Am Willing To Purchase An Expensive One Only If It Is Worth It. I've Been Looking At The Littman Stethoscopes. I Think It Was Called "master Cardiology".

Has anyone here tried Ultrascope? I keep reading about those.

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Specializes in Oncology, Med-Surg.

littman cardiologist III is great. but keep a close eye on it and label it with your name and everything. its expensive and you dont want to lose it like i did.

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I did get the master cardiology from my parents as a gift and it it really is pretty amazing. I was torn between that and the cardiology III but I searched this site for what other nurses were buying and they were impressed with the MC.

Best of luck from a fellow newbie!

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Specializes in NeuroICU/SICU/MICU.

I have both a Littman classic II s.e. and an Ultrascope. The ultrascope was a gift from my parents for getting into nursing school..during my first semester, I couldn't hear anything with it, and then the diaphragm broke and had to be replaced. I was not impressed. I replaced it with my Littman while my original steth was out of commission, and I was amazed at what I was missing. Definitely reccommend the Littman over the ultrascope..though I'll probably take my Ultrascope on my peds rotation next semester, I think the kids will like the colorful head, and now that it's fixed I can hear a lot better with it.

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.

I got a Cardio 3 black edition. it really is a a lot better than the spraques we were issued. I don't have to strain to hear.

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Littman all the way....

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Charge Nurse.

i purchased a littman cardio iii from steeles.com, the littman because i want every advantage to help with nursing school and steeles.com because they will engrave the diaphragm to help prevent it from walking. actually was able to fit my full name with middle initial. i also purchased a dog tag online for it and the engraved littman tag. plus, it is in plum, so might be able to hold onto it. hopefully with all this it will not walk.

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Specializes in Cardiac, Derm, OB.

I have Littman cardiology III. Works and I like it.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I just purchased the Littman Classic II S.E

I had spent a few months asking around what others had found "the best steath" was for a new RN Student.

It was under $100 with shipping and my engraving.

I purchased it from allheart.com because they had the best price.

Now my mom wants to buy her receptionist (she is in my same 1st semester class) the same one as a congratulations gift.

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I have a Welch Allyn Professional Steth and it is just as good as the Littmann. Littmann has just become a brand name like Coke !

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Has anyone here tried Ultrascope? I keep reading about those.

I bought a maxiscope made by ultrascope last semester and I LOVE it. Yes, the bell is a little bulky but I hear much, much better out of it than I did my littman.

I spent about $40 and they come in numerous colors.

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I have a Welch Allyn Professional Steth and it is just as good as the Littmann. Littmann has just become a brand name like Coke !

yep, just like lamborghini and ferrari

this is so far from the truth

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