OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - Nursing has been excluded as a “professional degree” by the Trump administration as the Department of Education prepares to make massive cuts to providing student loans.

Under this bill , only “professional degree” students will be eligible for the higher loan limit. Noticeably absent from the list are nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and physical therapists.

Kim Brundidge is a Doctor of Nursing Student pursuing her DNP to become a family nurse practitioner, while still working some hours as a bedside nurse. She’s one of the many students pursuing a graduate degree who would be affected by the department of education no longer classifying graduate nursing degrees as professional.

“Passionate about the work to take care of people and meet them whe

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