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Reports that a Trump administration change might make it harder for aspiring nurses to pay for their education sparked outrage online.
Some social media users said President Donald Trump had signed legislation demoting nursing degrees from professional degree status or reclassifying nursing degrees as non-professional degrees.
“The Dept. of Education just removed nursing from the list of ‘professional degree’ programs under the Administration’s new loan rules — a move nurses say threatens the future of patient care,” radio personality Angela Yee wrote Nov. 20 on Facebook.
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