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 ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Maria O'Toole Corey recently had her ode to her old stethoscope recognized by the American Nurse Journal. O'Toole says that one day while watching TV she felt inspired to ...

The stethoscope is one of the most important and perhaps the most recognizable of all tools used by health care professionals. But new research finds they are often crawling with bacteria, including ...

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 12, 2018 -- For doctors and nurses in hospitals, hand-washing between patients is a must. But what about their stethoscopes? A new hospital study finds that stethoscopes are laden with ...

Regardless of the technological advances made in the field of medicine, the stethoscope has, for the most part, remained unchanged. Silicon Valley start-up Eko Devices, however, looks to change that ...

Only a quarter of surveyed pediatric healthcare providers reported disinfecting stethoscopes after every use, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers ...