Phamacists= Second most respected occupation

[dudecoolname]

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According to this recent Gallup survey, pharmacy is the second most respected occupation. Nurses were rated #1 by far (not surprising I guess), doctors were rated 3rd right behind Pharmacists. The survey is rated on how ethical/honest each profession is rated among the public.


http://www.gallup.com/poll/124625/Honesty-Ethics-Poll-Finds-Congress-Image-Tarnished.aspx


HMO managers and Politicians were rated the lowests.

 

[Sparda29]

According to this recent Gallup survey, pharmacy is the second most respected occupation. Nurses were rated #1 by far (not surprising I guess), doctors were rated 3rd right behind Pharmacists. The survey is rated on how ethical/honest each profession is rated among the public.


http://www.gallup.com/poll/124625/Honesty-Ethics-Poll-Finds-Congress-Image-Tarnished.aspx


HMO managers and Politicians were rated the lowests.

Pharmacists are also #2 in the Most Trusted, and Nurses are #1 in the Most Trusted, apparently this shift happened after 9/11.

 

[Eviscerate]

Saying 'respected' is kind of mis-leading.

 

[confettiflyer]

HMO managers and Politicians were rated the lowests.

Haha...what if you were a pharmacist for Kaiser Permanente who sits on their P&T Committee (or appeals committee) and were a state legislator, I wonder where you'd land.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

The general public clearly doesn't know very many nurses.

 

[Pharm2love]

Wow. Medical professions on top. Engineer is below police officer. What are something an engineer would lie / do unethically? Like they lie their formula and risk to collapse a building or a bridge?

 

[dudecoolname]

Saying 'respected' is kind of mis-leading.

Acrually yea you're right. I wanted to change the title but I couldnt. Im not sure why, is there a way I can change it still?

 

[dudecoolname]

Wow. Medical professions on top. Engineer is below police officer. What are something an engineer would lie / do unethically? Like they lie their formula and risk to collapse a building or a bridge?

I was actually surpised how high police officers were

 

[Sparda29]

Wow. Medical professions on top. Engineer is below police officer. What are something an engineer would lie / do unethically? Like they lie their formula and risk to collapse a building or a bridge?

The real police do serve a good purpose in stopping criminals. The fake police are the ones who give out traffic tickets.

 

[dudecoolname]

The survey also mentioned that Firefightrers were put on the survey the year of 9/11 and were rated #1 even above nurses, why don't they just put them on every year? I don't get it...

 

[297point1]

The general public clearly doesn't know very many nurses.

Yeah!!

Pharmacists used to own this survey, winning it every year in the early to mid 1990's. Then they added nurses to the sruvey, and we've been stuck at #2 ever since.

It's all perception, but I am happy the profession continues to be perceived as ethical and honest.

 

[confettiflyer]

Yeah!!

Pharmacists used to own this survey, winning it every year in the early to mid 1990's. Then they added nurses to the sruvey, and we've been stuck at #2 ever since.

It's all perception, but I am happy the profession continues to be perceived as ethical and honest.

I don't know about you, but it's because of all those nursing PR ads that have been airing on TV quite a bit. I've never seen one for a pharmacist...unless it's tied to CVS.

Besides, these surveys are about as reliable/accurate as those Forbes & Yahoo articles.

 

[297point1]

I don't know about you, but it's because of all those nursing PR ads that have been airing on TV quite a bit. I've never seen one for a pharmacist...unless it's tied to CVS.

Pharmacy can learn a lot from nurses when it comes to advocacy, lobbying, and speaking with a unified voice. Pharmacy is too fragmented right now- there are 11 professional pharmacy organizations, and not one of them has anywhere the influence of the American Nurses Association.

What would a pharmacist PR ad look like? You'd get into all sorts of fights as to what the pharmacist should be depicted as (practice setting and job responsibilities)- to make all of the pharmacy factions happy, it would turn into a full-length infomercial.

Besides, these surveys are about as reliable/accurate as those Forbes & Yahoo articles.

You bet. But it's still nice to come out on the sunny side.

 

[confettiflyer]

Pharmacy can learn a lot from nurses when it comes to advocacy, lobbying, and speaking with a unified voice. Pharmacy is too fragmented right now- there are 11 professional pharmacy organizations, and not one of them has anywhere the influence of the American Nurses Association.

What would a pharmacist PR ad look like? You'd get into all sorts of fights as to what the pharmacist should be depicted as (practice setting and job responsibilities)- to make all of the pharmacy factions happy, it would turn into a full-length infomercial.

Good point. That's the blessing/curse of the pharmacy profession...the wide array of practice sites and niches. It'd be tough to portray one or the other without either a) getting criticized for pigeon-holing pharmacists as being behind the counter at your chain pharmacy, or b) not resonating with the public at-large (wait...he's a pharmacist, but he's wearing scrubs, in the hospital? wait...is he a doctor? what?).

Nurses have many practice sites too...but it's obvious that they're nurses, the idea of a prototypical female in a nursing outfit giving direct, bedside care is something most people can resonate with (via fictionalized TV show portrayals, direct interaction at the time of birth/death/hospitalization, etc...)

Nurses also have history on their side. Iconic images of battlefield or red cross nurses are more prevalent than pharmacists, who have historically been shown to be serious men with strange jars/glass vials of things written in Latin. Go to google images and type "nurse history" and compare the results with "pharmacist history" and you'll see what I'm getting at.

But yeah there's no easy answer...I say we hire Ross Perot and run infomercials about pharmacy. Maybe he'll come up with a "giant sucking sound" analogy for us! hahaha