Nurses interact with people during some of their most vulnerable moments and in highly personal ways. It’s why they often find themselves confronted with challenging ethical dilemmas that require ...

Whenever one sees doctors or nurses with a stethoscope it’s usually draped around their neck or stuffed in a pocket. But one RN’s battle with a herniated disc and filling idle time led to a device ...

The View and co-host Joy Behar are backpedaling from Behar’s questioning why Miss America contestant and nurse Kelley Johnson was wearing a “doctor’s stethoscope” during a monologue. The comments, ...

Stethoscopes used in an intensive care unit (ICU) are loaded with bacteria, including those that may be associated with hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), new data show. Moreover, standard cleaning ...