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.

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (the regulatory body for Nurses) Opposes American Medical Association Amendment on APRNs.

Currently the World has a Nursing shortage - 5.9 million Nurses, which may be the greatest threat to global health. This cannot be sustained