Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:58     Subject: Re:Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
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.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:57     Subject: Re:Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
Anonymous wrote:physical therapy isn't a professional degree but chiropractor is?!


Hahahaha the ultimate representation of HHS under RFK.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:56     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
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
Post 11/20/2025 10:55     Subject: Re:Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
physical therapy isn't a professional degree but chiropractor is?!
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:54     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
MAGA wasn't kidding about hating women.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:53     Subject: Re:Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
I can kind of see nurses since it is a BS degree. But physician assistant and nurse practioner degrees are professional degrees!
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:52     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
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
Post 11/20/2025 10:50     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
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
Post 11/20/2025 10:48     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
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
Post 11/20/2025 10:46     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
Not just nurses!

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

Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:44     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
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
Post 11/20/2025 10:39     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
Generally not a good idea to mess with nurses.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:38     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
Surely this was a mistake and will be fixed?
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:36     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
Republicans suck at addressing healthcare issues in America

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

Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 10:28     Subject: Nurses no longer counted as a professional degree
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