Any nursing student knows just how expensive it is when you first get into the program. There's scrubs, stethoscopes, clinical bags, fingerprinting and background check fees, and a horrendous amount of lab fees. It's hard to maintain a budget when everything is so expensive. There are cheaper options, however, how do you know if you are going to get a quality item that isn't going to break on you?

Every person that you talk to is going to tell you something different about what is actually important. To some, you need to spend more money on scrubs than a stethoscope. To others, a nice pair of hemostats rather than a penlight. Allow me to give you some insight.