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Implications of the OBBB Policy Change: Insights From the Nursing Community Report

OBBB Policy Shift: What Nurses Say Is at Stake

New feedback from nurses shows strong concern that reclassifying advanced nursing degrees—and limiting federal funding—will intensify workforce shortages, increase financial barriers to education, and ultimately affect patient care.

What you will learn

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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