The Department of Education has plans to redefine what constitutes a professional degree which would exclude nursing and limit access to student loans from the Graduate PLUS loan program. At a time when health care in our country faces a historic nursing shortage, limiting nurses' access to funding for graduate education threatens the very foundation of patient care and is not a solution.

Pres Trump decision to withdraw the US from the WHO has left many global healthcare professionals, country leaders and Nurses in a huge Void

Nurses are making a difference. Celebrate a Nurse this week with Respect and Gratitude. And, invite a Nurse to the decision-making table.