Why Are Nurses the Most Trusted Healthcare Professionals?
Nurses are the most trusted healthcare professionals, per recent surveys.
Why are nurses the most trusted healthcare professionals? Yes, they earned it! Nurses are now considered the most trusted professionals in healthcare.
Yes, according to recent surveys, nurses consistently rank as the most trusted professionals in the entire healthcare industry. This inspires me to write and publish my new book titled “Building Bridges: A Nurse’s Tale of Friendship.” It makes a nice gift and read for nurses. You can order it here.
In Gallup’s 2023 Health and Healthcare survey, 82% of Americans rated the medical care provided by nurses as “excellent” or “good” — the highest rating among all healthcare providers. Doctors ranked second at 69%. You can read about it here.
Nurses also received the highest rating for honesty and ethical standards among all professions in Gallup’s 2023 Honesty and Ethics poll, with 78% of Americans rating nurses as having “very high” or “high” ethical standards. This marks the 17th year in a row that nurses have topped the list. You can read about it here.
Furthermore, a 2021 survey by NORC at the University of Chicago found that 85% of the general public said they trust nurses…
