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I’m looking to invest in a new stethoscope and would like some opinions. My current one is a Littman (don’t really remember which series but it was a middle-of-the-line). I got it when I was in nursing school, so some almost 20 years ago. It has se...

I’ve just applied for a trainee ANP post and been successful. I really need to get a stethoscope, I’ve previously been borrowing one from work to complete my clinical decision making course, I think it might of been the Littman master classic( differ...

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I’m looking to upgrade my stethoscope as the one I have now isn’t the best quality. I work in the MICU and could potentially be working with cardiac patients later in my career. Which stethoscopes do you recommend?

So, I'm having issues with getting a stethoscope that meets my needs. Years ago I had a Littman cardiology stethoscope that I really liked but after a few years I started having difficulty hearing lung sounds and heart sounds. For a few years I worke...

Nurses all over the country have united in protest against the comments made about nurses on The View. One single act has managed to unite many despite the inter-nursing battles of different specialties, RN versus LPN, and varying entry-level degrees...

I have blood pressure down pat. I get accurate readings every time--as long as I'm using a single-person stethoscope. I cannot, for the life of me, hear anything on the two person stethoscopes. I'm being tested on this skill in a week with the two-...

Nurses, have you ever had this cute of a response from a cold stethoscope?

I received my first Littmann when I graduated from LPN school in 1992. Wow, I'm a real nurse! (Or so I thought - lol). Over the years as I've pursued additional education, I've also graduated from my oh so plain Littmann to my present, all the fancy ...

Stethoscopes are a tool used frequently by nurses. We use them for lung sounds, heart sounds, auscultating bowel sounds, listening to dialysis accesses. And...many of us are on the look-out for the best stethoscope around. At NTI, we spoke to th...

I got my first hearing aids, and tried to use a stethoscope, without success. There's gotta be a way, and I know someone on allnurses will know how.

My wonderful.mother-in-law has offered to buy me a gift for nursing school to celebrate having been accepted into all the nursing programs I applied to! I will be starting in the fall. Looking into what I need, I am thinking of asking for a stethosco...

Hi Everyone! I'm in the process of purchasing scrubs, shoes, and a stethoscope for my clinical starting in January. Excuse me while I scream because I finally made it to this point! I need to purchase a stethoscope that does NOT have a floating...

Miss Colorado 2015, Kelley Johnson has been in the news lately for her monologue in the Miss America Pageant, telling the American public what nursing means to her. I want to share with you more about Kelley from an interview I had with her last week...

An open letter in response to #NursesUnite: It is amazing that you have finally found a cause to unite over (#nursesunite), however, I find it hard to jump on board this superficial bandwagon that actually serves the nursing profession no purpose wha...

Hi all! ? I need to purchase a stethoscope for nursing school that will go into my career with me. I’ve always used a Littman as an MA, but I would love some opinions on which one is a better option? There are so many pros and cons to both. Help!! ?