🚨 NURSES, WE NEED TO TALK. 🚨 The Department of Education is proposing changes that would remove advanced nursing from “professional degree” status and cap funding for graduate nursing programs. Let me say that again: They want to limit educational support for the VERY providers this country depends on. Do you understand what that means for healthcare? It means: ⚠️ Fewer NPs in primary care ⚠️ Fewer mental health providers ⚠️ Fewer educators, leaders, and specialists ⚠️ Higher barriers for nurs