Why nurses should wear stethoscopes
Virginia Beckerman Senior lecturer in children’s nursing, Swansea University
They are essential when performing respiratory assessment, yet most nurses do not wear this vital piece of equipment
When I joined the profession as a children’s nurse 20 years ago, wearing and appropriately using a stethoscope as a nurse was the norm – nay, expected.
Nursing Standard.
38, 7, 39-39.
doi: 10.7748/ns.38.7.39.s18
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