stethoscope reccomendations?

I started NS this Fall. After reading several reviews, I went with a CD-27 by GRX Medical. My professors love it - they are constantly borrowing it and have compared it to their Littman Master Cardiology scopes. I found a thread on this website where this scope was reviewed. The website is GRCmedical.com; however, I would recommend getting it off of ebay. They are listed for under $20 with a free penlight. I can hear through this scope very well. It is a heavy duty quality - my professors have warned me to keep it close during clinicals because doctors will "borrow" it and not return it.

Shoes...go to shoes page, but for the scope...try looking at the other posts, but if you are looking for good quality in a decent price range, look at Prestige stethoscopes. The Prestige Clinical I, Adscope 603, or Littmann Select are all good stethoscopes with a lower end price tag. Try looking on eBay for better discounts though. Good luck with school and with your searching!

littman master stethoscope around 140 buck. This is the best.

You've a bunch of pt that you could not hear anything and this one pick low frequency sound so it's awesome!

I also have the GRX medical cd27 and I love it. I hear great with it. I have fellow students that have the same one and love it and anyone that has tried it loves it. Even my kids pediatrician tried it out for me and she loved it...said she heard better with it than her nurses steths...

I have a Litman, and is toted the best...but I still am terrible at hearing through them at times.

I will definitely check out the ones you recommended!

litman ditto that

About the shoes - I also have plantar fasciitis and high arches, and I absolutely love my Danskos. I can stand on my feet for 12 1/2 hours without being in agony. They aren't cheap, but they will easily last through nursing school and beyond, and they are worth every penny.

I started NS this Fall. After reading several reviews, I went with a CD-27 by GRX Medical. My professors love it - they are constantly borrowing it and have compared it to their Littman Master Cardiology scopes. I found a thread on this website where this scope was reviewed. The website is GRCmedical.com; however, I would recommend getting it off of ebay. They are listed for under $20 with a free penlight. I can hear through this scope very well. It is a heavy duty quality - my professors have warned me to keep it close during clinicals because doctors will "borrow" it and not return it.

Couldn't agree more good post.

the actual website to view the grx cd27 is:

http://grxmedical.com/stethoscopes.asp

ADC, Ultrascope, welch allyn, and riester .

I have a littman cardio iii, love it! If I never received a littman, I would've went after a Riester.

Sat for 20 mins a few nights ago comparing a Littman Cardiology III to a Adscope ADC 603 Adult, both of which I had bought in nursing school. Although the Littman drowns out environmental noise slightly better, I thought that the much cheaper (by 1/2) Adscope has the same depth of listening quality. (Do all Littmans make you feel like your ears have been boxed? Uncomfortable no matter how much I've tried to ease the arm tension.) Sold the Littman to a fellow nurse on my unit and keeping the Adscope which I've used since graduating as it is more comfortable to the ears, lighter, coils up in my scrubs pocket. (The Littman was drawing dust in its box.) Perhaps to some extent it is like the story of Paganini playing a violin with one string and succeeding because he was Paganini.