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ational nurses United (NNU),
celebrated nurses being named
the most honest and ethical pro-
fession for the 23rd consecutive
year in annual Gallup polling.
"Nurses are incredibly honored that the
sacred bond of trust we have with our patients
has once again been recognized in the Gallup
poll," said NNU President Nancy Hagans,
RN. "Especially during these uncertain times,
our patients know we will always be there to
advocate for them, whether that means
standing up to our employers' corporate
greed and demanding safe patient care con-
ditions in our workplaces, or speaking up at
the highest levels of power on issues that
impact public health and safety. Year after
year, nurses will always fight to ensure our
patients come first."
In a poll conducted Dec. 2-18, 2024, 76
percent of U.S. adults said nurses have "high"
or "very high" honesty and ethical standards.
Gallup first conducted its Honesty and
Ethics poll in 1976 and has updated it annu-
ally since 1990. A handful of professions
have been on the list every year, while Gallup
asks about others periodically.
Three in four people in the United States
consider nurses highly honest and ethical,
making them once again the most trusted of
23 professions rated in Gallup's annual
measurement. Nurses have taken the num-
ber one spot on Gallup's Honesty and Ethics
list in all but one year since they were added
in 1999. The exception was 2001, after the
Sept. 11 attacks, when firefighters were
measured for one year and took the top spot.
With more than 225,000 members
nationwide, NNU has been a leading force
for building an equitable health care system
that puts patients over profits. NNU just
capped another banner year of organizing
and collective bargaining, with nurses win-
ning union election victories in states across
the country and securing historic contracts
that increase nurses' power to protect their
patients. NNU nurse leaders have also testi-
fied to the U.S. Congress on issues including
safe staffing, Medicare for All, and artificial
intelligence in health care.
"At the bedside, at the bargaining table,
and in the halls of power, nurses build trust
with our patients by caring for them," said
Hagans. "We don't take their trust for
granted, which is why we're going to con-
tinue to organize and fight for the safer care
conditions and the public health protections
that every single one of our patients across
this country deserves."
—Lucy Diavolo
Nurses ranked most trusted profession
For the 23rd year in a row, RNs named most honest and ethical profession by public
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