In this report, 100+ nurses reveal deep concern over the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to remove advanced nursing degrees from the “professional degree” category—a change that restricts access to federal funding. While most respondents were previously unaware of the proposal, the implications are clear: nurses fear worsening workforce shortages, steeper financial barriers to education, and downstream risks to patient care. This report explores how the reclassification of the nursing degree has wide-ranging human, clinical, and commercial consequences.
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