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.

Nurses – join your colleagues and recharge your battery at the International Council of Nurses 2023, Montreal, Canada, 1-5 July.