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Scuba

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2. This former healthcare "suit" knows about nurses. So do most Americans ...
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:06 AM
Sep 2015
http://www.gallup.com/poll/180260/americans-rate-nurses-highest-honesty-ethical-standards.aspx

Americans Rate Nurses Highest on Honesty, Ethical Standards

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In 2014, Americans say nurses have the highest honesty and ethical standards. Members of Congress and car salespeople were given the worst ratings among the 11 professions included in this year's poll. Eighty percent of Americans say nurses have "very high" or "high" standards of honesty and ethics, compared with a 7% rating for members of Congress and 8% for car salespeople.

Americans have been asked to rate the honesty and ethics of various professions annually since 1990, and periodically since 1976. Nurses have topped the list each year since they were first included in 1999, with the exception of 2001 when firefighters were included in response to their work during and after the 9/11 attacks. Since 2005, at least 80% of Americans have said nurses have high ethics and honesty. Two other medical professions -- medical doctors and pharmacists -- tie this year for second place at 65%, with police officers and clergy approaching 50%.

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Thank you, nurses shenmue Sep 2015 #1
This former healthcare "suit" knows about nurses. So do most Americans ... Scuba Sep 2015 #2
Yep trumad Sep 2015 #3
I soon will be 64 and except for a tonsillectomy when I was 5 years old, Blus4u Sep 2015 #4
Nurses are fantastic tk2kewl Sep 2015 #5
I've had lots of nurses, and one Army nurse literally saved my life in Vietnam pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #6
Years ago, I spent quite a bit of time in the hospital justhanginon Sep 2015 #7
5 years ago in May Sophiegirl Sep 2015 #8
Nurses rock! And their education is really difficult. HuckleB Sep 2015 #9
One of the toughest jobs out there. tabasco Sep 2015 #10
When I was a young man--- around 19---I wanted to be a Nurse. trumad Sep 2015 #11
The most horrifying/morbidly hilarious OR story in history Prism Sep 2015 #12
Nurses are the best. jalan48 Sep 2015 #13
I beat Peggy to an R on this??? Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #14
Nice work, Quicksdraw! pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #16
angels, indeed. niyad Sep 2015 #15
A good friend of mine is a nurse at a children's hospital. NuclearDem Sep 2015 #17
God Bless Nurses packman Sep 2015 #18
Thank you nurses! n/t geardaddy Sep 2015 #19
Backs are buggers, sorry you had to go through it, Warpy Sep 2015 #20
:-) MuseRider Sep 2015 #28
My best and oldest friend is a nurse. Can't say enough good about her and about the profession. Surya Gayatri Sep 2015 #21
Nurses are awesome. GoneFishin Sep 2015 #22
Just getting ready to go to my nurse practitioner for a checkup rurallib Sep 2015 #23
Noncoms of the medical profession. JayhawkSD Sep 2015 #24
I love nurses, too! pnwmom Sep 2015 #25
I'm a retired nurse angryvet Sep 2015 #26
Thank you for this. :-) MuseRider Sep 2015 #27
My mother was a nurse Jim Lane Sep 2015 #29
nurses rock, I married one nt steve2470 Sep 2015 #30
Major props Cal Carpenter Sep 2015 #31
Grandmother... sheshe2 Sep 2015 #32
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