Wyoming has an acute nursing care shortage even as it has more retirees than ever moving to the state.

That’s creating a service gap that University of Wyoming educators say could get worse under a federal proposal that would remove its nurse practitioner program from the list of degrees considered “professional.”

The Department of Education’s designation is about more than just respect, Wyoming educators say. It’s an internal designation that will determine how much federal loan money students are allowed to pursue.

The Trump administration has billed that as a means of forcing universities to reduce program costs that it says are too high for the return on investment that the programs offer to their graduates.

The University of Wyoming says it will be difficult to offer its nurse pra

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