Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree

[Anonymous]

Now this is fascinating

Lots of mags idiot nurses

Gee wiz you are no longer professionals

https://www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-professional-degree-trump-admin-11079650

[Anonymous]

Republicans suck at addressing healthcare issues in America

And apparently that extends to actually wanting to exacerbate the nursing shortage!

[Anonymous]

Surely this was a mistake and will be fixed?

[Anonymous]

Generally not a good idea to mess with nurses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surely this was a mistake and will be fixed?

Nope. They want to limit how much they can take out in student loans. Only "professional" degrees like lawyers, doctors, and MBAs get to take out larger amounts of student debt.

Nevermind the fact that doctorates in nursing are quite common at the senior levels for really complicated work (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - CRNA)

[Anonymous]

Not just nurses!

“This meant that physician assistants, nurse practitioners, physical therapists and audiologist were excluded from the list.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surely this was a mistake and will be fixed?

Nope. They want to limit how much they can take out in student loans. Only "professional" degrees like lawyers, doctors, and MBAs get to take out larger amounts of student debt.

Nevermind the fact that doctorates in nursing are quite common at the senior levels for really complicated work (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - CRNA)

I know this; my wife is an APN.

And my daughter is planning to get a BSN and subsequently an advanced degree.

This won’t just affect the number of people getting those advanced degrees. It will reduce the number of people going into the field entirely, which is bad news for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surely this was a mistake and will be fixed?

Nope. They want to limit how much they can take out in student loans. Only "professional" degrees like lawyers, doctors, and MBAs get to take out larger amounts of student debt.

Nevermind the fact that doctorates in nursing are quite common at the senior levels for really complicated work (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - CRNA)

Just what the health system needs...more MBAs and fewer nurses

[Anonymous]

Once again just shows complete incompetence of the Republican party with regard to healthcare... From complaining about the ACA yet not having any plan to replace or repair it, to literally putting a plan in place to worsen existing crises in healthcare staffing.

Utter stupidity.

[Anonymous]

I can kind of see nurses since it is a BS degree. But physician assistant and nurse practioner degrees are professional degrees!

[Anonymous]

MAGA wasn't kidding about hating women.

[Anonymous]

physical therapy isn't a professional degree but chiropractor is?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now this is fascinating

Lots of mags idiot nurses

Gee wiz you are no longer professionals

https://www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-professional-degree-trump-admin-11079650

Don’t worry.

The democrats have a plan

Create h5B visa program to address the predicted shortage by importing hundreds of thousands of guest workers to be nurses

We have a skills shortage

Pretty sure this is the plan of the strongly Republican private equity firms that own chains of medical practices and regional hospital systems.

Oh definitely. They will be lobbying heavily

The tragedy is that the party of labor will also join them in the fight to create the h5B.

Workers will continue to get screwed until they vote for leaders to stop the madness

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:physical therapy isn't a professional degree but chiropractor is?!

Hahahaha the ultimate representation of HHS under RFK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can kind of see nurses since it is a BS degree. But physician assistant and nurse practioner degrees are professional degrees!

Physical therapists are also affected.