Nurses — again — ranked as the most ethical, honest

Americans ranked nurses as the most ethical and honest professionals, according to the latest Gallup poll.

Eighty-five percent of Americans ranked nurses’ honesty and ethical standards as either “very high” or “high” for the annual poll.

Nurses’ high ranking is similar to last year’s numbers when 84% of respondents rated the professions. It’s the 18th year in a row nurses have topped the list. 

“Nurses are consistently rated higher in honesty and ethics than all other professions that Gallup asks about, by a wide margin. Medical professions in general rate highly in Americans’ assessments of honesty and ethics, with at least six in 10 U.S. adults saying medical doctors, pharmacists and dentists have high levels of these virtues,” the report states. 

Medical doctors ranked third on the last after earning a 65% “very high or high” rating, while pharmacists were fourth at 64%.