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I believe professionals should have professional tools.
When you are learning and attempting to make sense of what you hear it is essential to be able to hear clearly. I highly recommend the Littmann Master Cardiology II.
Expensive, the most expensive non electronic Littmann but well worth the money. I can distinguish sounds with the MC-II that my colleagues with Classic IIs or Master Classics didn't even know were there.
I ordered mine online and had it engraved so that a clip-on tag can't "accidentally" fall off.
$200 sounds like a lot of money but considering I carry a $600 cellphone, $300 pair of glasses, $250 worth of books...a measley $200 stethoscope doesn't sound too bad.
I got the Littman SE II for about $45 somewhere. I love it and it served it's purpose for nursing school.I have no trouble hearing heart and lung sounds with it. Once I become a nurse I plan on upgrading, however. I have heard that stethoscopes tend to disappear,too, but haven't seen it happen in my experience.
Darjeeling22
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Hey guys! I'm starting nursing school in 30 days (*panic*). We've got to buy a dual-head stethoscope before school starts, and I've been looking all over. Found loads and loads on various sites.
Does anyone have suggestions for a good one to start with? What are you using in school, yourselves? Especially if you bought it online, as that's probably what I'll have to do.
So many thanks!