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When I heard it on the radio this morning, they mentioned physicians, nurses, pharmacists, clergy, police, etc., though there was no mention of PA ....

http://www.nursingworld.org/Homepag...2010-NI/Dec10-NI/Gallup-Poll-Rank-Nurses.html

Pharmacists were 2nd.

 

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Been like this for years I believe....

 

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This is an opinion poll based on a telephone survey, and is heavily influenced by current events and media reporting.

Gallup has asked Americans to rate the honesty and ethical standards of professions since 1976, and annually since 1991. Gallup first asked Americans to rate nurses in 1999, and that profession has topped the list since then in all but one year, 2001. Firefighters were added on a one-time basis in 2001 to test their image following reports of their heroism after the 9/11 terror attacks; they finished first, at 90%. Nurses still managed a strong 84% honesty and ethics rating that year, tying for their highest ever. Prior to 1999, clergy or pharmacists were usually the highest-rated professions.

Stability is generally the norm in Americans' ratings of the honesty and ethics of professions, but Americans' opinions do shift in response to real-world events, mostly scandals, that reflect poorly on a profession...The consistently most positively rated professions, including nurses and pharmacists, have generally been able to avoid widespread scandals and, as such, Americans continue to hold them in the highest regard.

Source: http://www.gallup.com/poll/145043/nurses-top-honesty-ethics-list-11-year.aspx