Is the color of my stethoscope obnoxious?

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  1. Is the color of my stethoscope obnoxious?

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      Yes
    • 14
      No

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So I have worked in the ED as a Patient Care Technician and I have seen how quickly stethoscopes can walk and how many are so indistinguishable from one another ... so I made the decision to purchase a Littmann Cardiology III with lemon-lime tubing and a smoke bell to thwart any potential elopement ... I am pursuing a career in Trauma and Critical Care.... So I guess I have two questions for you guys ... 1) Is my stethoscopes' color obnoxious? ... I know it sounds ridiculous but I feel like being a new nurse puts a "target" on ones back already... Will I be dubbed "that new nurse with that obnoxiously bright stethoscope" ? ..... 2) (Also sounds a little ridiculous as I typed it...maybe just post graduation/first real nursing job anxiety) Will the color of my stethoscope be detrimental to my patients? Again I am pursuing a career in Trauma/Critical Care ... In school we're constantly taught to decrease stimuli!!! Will the bright color of my stethoscope be increasing their stimuli?? I'm just imagining doing an assessment on a patient with an altered level of consciousness and all of a sudden there's this bright yellow snake making a go at his chest ..... I know these questions are silly... so maybe they will put a smile on your face... But as experienced nurses would you think negatively of a new grad walking into a Critical Care setting with a flashy/bordering on obnoxious stethoscope....

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For the record, I have an all black Littmann cardiology III and nobody has stolen it in the three years I've been a nurse.

But no, nobody will care about the color of your stethoscope. When I see a nurse with a brightly colored one, I assumed it's to keep it from getting stolen.

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Specializes in Ambulatory care.

LOL I don't think anyone cares what color your stethoscope, they care if you know what to do with it. Have fun with your yellow lime color. I picked one for my favorite color.

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Specializes in ER/Tele, Med-Surg, Faculty, Urgent Care.

When I worked in the ER I used a bright fluorescent orange with the clear plastic bell. For the same reasons you listed, I always got it back from physicians!!! I still have it. I once had a cardiologist borrow my cardiology scope on telemetry unit, when he left he left it on the counter at nurses station. He ended up buying me a new one as mine walked.

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No one cares!

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I love it! I am envious! :D

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I really like the color! Just be careful though, my stethoscope is also a light color and it slowly got stained from my scrubs and got pen marks.

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Specializes in Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.

I like it! If I did big people, I'd choose that.

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