Nursing Excluded as 'Professional' Degree by Department of Education
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·November 21, 2025blinded
kragen
The professions are traditionally divinity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinity_(academic_discipline)), medicine, and law, so I don't see how you could remove divinity from the list. When you argue for including nursing as a "professional degree", what you're arguing is that it belongs to the category exemplified by those three instances.
shermantanktop
yes, the 13th century POV is very important.
kragen
Without the 13th-century POV in question, the distinction becomes meaningless.
RobRivera
Is this sarcasm?
kace91
chiropractors also have an origin in pseudoscience, they have sort of evolved into scientific studies in many ways but part of the quackery remains.
loeg
In what way are they anything but quacks?
wahnfrieden
Chiropractic was taught to its inventor by a ghost
jeffbee
So you're saying it belongs under divinity?
pfannkuchen
It seems like there has probably been a lot of scope creep in the nursing role due to the artificially induced doctor shortage. Wonder if the de jure/de facto gap there plays a role in this decision and how it’s perceived.
stackskipton
Just to note, this is probably American Medical Association lobby change since it impacts graduate nurse programs so not RNs but Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners and like.
gsf_emergency_6
Graduate programs in some domains tend to be a relatively affordable way to insure against opportunity risks (nursing, not divinity)
The context is some interpretations of Baumol effect, as discussed here for the very parallel case of childcare
bparsons
Incredible things happening in America these days.
supportengineer
I heard they are getting rid of the Department of Education anyway.
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softwaredoug
Seems fairly regressive to health care costs for everyone.
bgm1975
…so tracks for America.
jmclnx
Anything to give the for profit medical and insurance industry an excuse to cut nurse's wages. So transparent.
Wistar
Good grief.
gnarlouse
Class warfare
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micromacrofoot
there's been nursing shortage for my whole life, what the hell is wrong with people? why can't we take care of each other
PLenz
Because if there us a nursing shortage there is opportunity to 'supplement' existing nurses with AI and thus transfer more wealth to the very richest among us
Regressive. Divinity on the list, but not nursing and advance nursing degrees.