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If blood pressure can now be checked electronically, why do nurses still need stethoscopes?

Asked by Aesthetic_Mess (7894points) November 18th, 2012

I understand why doctors need the stethoscopes (to hear intricate sounds of the heart and lungs), but I thought that nurses just used them for blood pressure. But now there are machines that check blood pressure electronically…
Do nurses still carry around stethoscopes and use them?

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