Officials warn potential federal reclassification of nursing degrees could limit advanced degree loans and impact rural ...

A new federal rule has quietly made nursing education financially inaccessible. The Department of Education recently locked in place a 1960s-era list of “professions,” and nursing wasn’t on that list.

Pushback is mounting against new federal student-loan reforms passed under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with lawmakers warning the policy could further strain the nursing workforce. In a Dec. 12 ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act sets new loan limits on what it categorizes as "professional" graduate programs. An Education Department proposal defining which graduate degrees fall into the ...

The Department of Education is in the process of proposing a new definition of “professional degree” for federal student loan ...

Proposed changes tied to H.R. 1 may limit access to advanced nursing degrees, with rural hospitals likely hit first.

Picture this: after years of hard work, you’ve finally earned your Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and you’re thriving as a registered nurse. But you’ve got your eye on the next big step — ...

More nurses are needed at the bedside than ever before, yet the profession continues to suffer from shortages and turnover rates as high as 37 percent in some regions. And although pursuing advanced ...

Student debt often provokes outrage. But the usual complaint is that student debt is too high. Now, nursing associations are angry that nurses’ student debt will be too low. The American Association ...

The authors posit the role of the advanced practice nurse in the primary care setting with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. They also propose that the advanced practice nurse ...