Op-Ed: Nurses, Social Workers and Educators Are Professionals, But Not According To Trump

Op-Ed: Nurses, Social Workers and Educators are Professionals, But Not According To Trump

Trump and Ed Secretary McMahon have decreed that social workers, nurses (including ARNPs), physician assistants, physical therapists, educators, engineers, audiologists, architects, and accountants are not professionals. Really? Mollie, MSW Our daughter, Mollie, is a clinical social worker. She helps people struggling with depression and anxiety and people who are desperately trying to overcome past traumas. She works with young women, vets suff…

Nursing no longer a professional degree? Change of many female-dominated fields impacts student loans

People who want to start a variety of healthcare careers may find it challenging to pursue their education due to a recent federal change.

Trump’s big ugly bill strips nursing of professional status as Black women across the nation brace for devastating consequences

The Trump administration has declared that nursing is not a professional degree, striking directly at the heart of America’s healthcare workforce and landing hardest on Black women, who make up nearly 13 percent of the national healthcare labor force and…

Trump administration move strips nursing of professional status, harming workforce and Black women most

A new Trump administration policy reclassifying nursing and other frontline health fields as non-professional degrees slashes federal loan limits, creating major educational barriers for nursing students, deepening the national nurse shortage, and disproportionately harming Black women who rely on advanced degrees to serve underserved communities. The post Trump administration move strips nursing of professional status, harming workforce and Bla…

Trump's Big Ugly Bill Strips Nursing of Professional Status as Black Women Across the Nation Brace for Devastating Consequences

The Trump administration has declared that nursing is not a professional degree, striking directly at the heart of America's healthcare workforce and landing hardest on Black women, who make up nearly 13 percent of the national healthcare labor force and almost 10 percent of registered nurses. The administration frames the move as a technical adjustment to loan classifications. For Black...