We prefer it when they’re the ones who give us our flu shots, and we’ll trust them to tell us what we’re supposed to do after leaving the hospital or doctor’s office. That’s probably because Americans think nurses are more honest and ethical than any other professionals, including doctors, pharmacists and even police officers, according to new Gallup data.
In an online poll that ran Nov. 26 to 29, Gallup asked Americans to rank the honesty and ethical standards of professionals in 22 different fields. Eighty-five percent of respondents said nurses possessed high or very high honesty and ethical standards, compared to 75 percent who said the same about pharmacists and 70 percent who said doctors are highly honest and ethical.
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