Nurses rank as the most honest and trusted professionals in the US, according to a Gallup poll released in December, marking the 19th year in a row the nursing profession has topped the list.

Nurses, doctors and teachers received their highest ethics ratings to date, and pharmacists’ rating rose in past year to highest in nearly a decade.

“At the end of a year when medical workers have braved exposure to the coronavirus to provide lifesaving care, Americans have become more likely to laud the honesty and ethics of nurses, medical doctors and pharmacists,” Gallup stated. “Still, nurses remain the undisputed leader, as they have been for nearly two decades.”

Nurses earn a record 89% very high/high score for their honesty and ethics this year, four percentage points greater than their prior high, last recorded in 2019.

Medical doctors’ rating improved even more in the past year, rising 12 points to 77% and exceeding the previous high of 70% found in 2011 and 2012.

Pharmacists’ honesty and ethics rating rose seven points to 71%. While not their highest rating, it is the highest since 2012, when 75% rated them this positively.

Results for the poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Dec. 1 to Dec. 17, 2020, with a random sample of 1,018 adults living in all 50 US. states and the District of Columbia.