Nursing organizations warn limiting access to student funding ‘threatens the very foundation of patient care’
www.independent.co.uk
Nursing organizations are “deeply concerned” after the occupation has been “excluded” by definition as a “professional degree”
by the Department of Education.
The decision is part of the sweeping cuts to student loans, overseen by Education Secretary Linda McMahon, laid out in
President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
The move has alarmed nursing organizations, which warned that limiting student nurses’
access to funding “threatens the very foundation of patient care.”
List of Degrees Not Classed as 'Professional' by Trump Admin
- Nursing
- Physician assistants
- Physical therapists
- Audiologists
- Architects
- Accountants
- Educators
- Social workers
A lot of those "professions" require a Masters degree, and I think a PT told me that some states were requiring a doctoral degree to become a licensed PT. Maybe it was all states unless you were already licensed. NPs have to have at least an MSN as well and there is a huge shortage of professional nurses. It even says Professional Registered Nurse on my license. And yes, nurses are the most important part of health care, regardless is we're talking about CNAs, LPNs, RNs or NPs. Without the nursing profession, patient care would not exist. Then again, maybe robots could take over for us.
Sorry teachers, you're no longer professionals either. WTF is wrong with MAGA? And where does MAGA get the power to decide what jobs are professionals. I'd up the ante and call plumbers, electricians etc. skilled professionals, regardless if they have a AD or not. It takes a lot of skill to excel in such jobs and it's time for us to stop seeing them as lesser important anyone with a college degree.
