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Nurses Push Back After Trump Excludes Them From ‘Professional’ Status
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Nurses push back after Trump excludes them from ‘professional’ status
As a strike rages in NYC, nurses on opposite sides of the country tell Rhian Lubin how the Education Department’s plan to cap federal loans for graduate nursing degrees poses a grave threat to the future of healthcare
·London, United Kingdom
Read Full ArticleNursing Degrees & Professional Status: What Changed in November 2025
In November 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) made a quiet but significant policy change that is sending ripples through nursing education and the broader healthcare workforce. Nursing was removed from the federal list of recognized “professional degree” programs, a shift that directly impacts how graduate nursing students can finance their education through federal student loans. While this change does not affect nursing licensure or…
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