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20 NURSING SPOTLIGHT Nursing ranked most trusted profession for 22nd year in a row By Molly Gamble T he nursing profession continues to secure the highest assessment of ethics and honesty from Americans, according to the latest Gallup poll findings. The 79 percent of adults who say nurses have "very high" or "high" honesty and ethical standards is greater than any of the other 17 professions assessed, Gallup noted. The latest findings are from a poll conducted Nov. 9 through Dec. 2, 2022. Nurses have topped the list for honesty and ethics each year since the profession was added to the ratings in 1999 except for 2001, when firefighters outperformed them in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The top three most-trusted professions are in the healthcare field, with nurses leading the way and physicians and pharmacists following. Sixty-two percent of Americans said physicians have "very high" or "high" honesty and ethical standards, and 58 percent said the same for pharmacists. The scores for all three roles are down from their 2020 high, when Americans' assessments for honesty and ethics among healthcare professionals soared in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Car salespeople, members of Congress and telemarketers earned the lowest rankings. n Press Ganey recognizes 7 hospitals for outstanding nursing By Mariah Taylor P ress Ganey, a leading healthcare performance improvement company, recognized seven hospitals for outstanding nursing Jan. 4. Hospitals were awarded the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality, which evaluates 17 quality measures for nursing excellence and patient outcomes. The following hospitals received the award this year, listed in alphabetical order: 1. Covenant Children's Hospital (Lubbox, Texas) 2. Craig Hospital (Englewood, Colo.) 3. Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Houston) 4. New England Baptist Hospital (Boston) 5. Parkview Behavioral Health (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 6. Banner Payson (Ariz.) Medical Center 7. SEHA-Ghayathi Hospital (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) n Why nurses are signing 'unresignation' letters By Erica Carbajal A nurse staffing community is encouraging nurses who le the profession or are considering an exit to recommit as part of a new "unResignation Notice" campaign. e campaign aims to spread awareness on the workplace challenges that contributed to nurses' departures. e campaign was launched by connectRN, a nurse staffing community that connects nurses with flexible job opportunities. It features an "unResignation" letter that's already been signed by hundreds of nurses. e campaign aims to shed light on the realities that lead nurses to quit, and that many want to recommit to a healthcare industry that supports better work-life balance, flexibility and respect. "Although countless nurses have decided to exit the industry, our aim is to not only emphasize how much they want to stay and to present a path forward that will work for everybody," Ted Jeanloz, CEO of connectRN, said in a Jan. 9 news release. "We want nurses to feel like they're being listened to, and that they have what they need to take care of not only their patients, but themselves." e president of the American Nurses Association said efforts to welcome back nurses who le or took a break should be a top priority for healthcare organizations in 2023. " Nurses le during some very stressful and very hard times and we need to welcome them back," Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, RN, told Becker's. "I want to make sure that nurses don't feel that because they le or they felt like they needed to leave because they were a bad nurse or they couldn't make it or maybe because people thought they didn't have enough resiliency," she said, adding that she'd like to see metrics on the number of people who are returning to the profession. n