Chief Healthcare Executive January 15, 2025
Gallup’s annual survey finds nurses continue a streak covering more than two decades. Doctors rate higher than most professions, but their support has dropped.
At a time when many people no longer trust certain professions or institutions, nurses still command the respect of most Americans.
Nurses again topped Gallup’s annual poll of the nation’s most trusted professions. It’s the 23rd consecutive year that nursing has been deemed the most trustworthy job. The latest survey was released this week.
Many Americans continue to hold physicians in high esteem, but public trust in physicians has slipped to the lowest level in years, according to the poll.
Three out of four Americans (76%) say nurses are honest and ethical, according to the Gallup...