Most trusted

For the 18th year in a row, nurses were selected at the most trusted and ethical professionals, with other healthcare workers close behind. https://news.gallup.com/poll/245597/nurses-again-outpace-professions-honesty-ethics.aspx

18 years in a row!

Why then, do nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals rank understaffing and safety on the job the biggest issues to them?

One would think that if they are so highly respected, we would care for them as they care for us.
One would think that if they are so highly respected, we would listen to their concerns and help them solve them.
One would think that if they are so highly respected, that the American Hospital Association wouldn’t oppose safe staffing and safety on the job legislation and collective bargaining initiatives.
One would think that if they are so highly respected, healthcare corporation management wouldn’t try to deny them a voice (the only voice that speaks for patients) by training managers in anti-worker tactics.

However, we must remember that hospitals are not run by members of the community anymore. They are joined into huge systems controlled by corporate executives, many who never worked at the bedside, who make 6 and even 7 figure salaries and who see healthcare workers as an expense, not an asset.

Unlike the rest of America, hospital CEO’s do NOT hold healthcare workers in high regard.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 2020 the year of the nurse and midwife.
Let us use this year to translate the respect we have for all healthcare workers, (the volunteers and the professionals), prehospital, in hospital, post hospital and community, into action.
Let us use this year to show them the respect they have earned and to value their voice, the only voice that speaks for patients.