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12. An RN is considered a professional degree.

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Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:59 PM

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An LPN isn't.
Sigh, just for clarification, this is the Trump administration viewpoint.

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Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a 'Professional Degree' by Trump Admin [View all] BumRushDaShow Thursday OP

WTAF. Alice B. Thursday #1

Seriously, WTAF NotHardly Thursday #10

Of course nurses are professionals rampartd Thursday #2

That IS a good question! yardwork Thursday #31

i would put teachers on the same pay scale as linebackers. rampartd Thursday #34

It is time the nurses stood up to this bullshit popsdenver Thursday #41

I'm a nurse and I have had maga coworkers. I wonder what kinda mucifer Thursday #3

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Just said the same below without reading your post. Sorry I missed it. AllyCat Friday #74

DIsgusting. I hope he and all his admin are cared for by whatever person they can find sans any training hlthe2b Thursday #4

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Men are nurses too Jilly_in_VA Thursday #9

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MAGA would say they aren't real men DBoon Thursday #42

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I know. Pigs are actually cuter than him. llmart Friday #60

He's a pig RazorbackExpat Friday #62

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Pigs can be trained Jilly_in_VA Friday #76

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SERIOUSLY, YOU ASSHOLES? Jilly_in_VA Thursday #8

Nursing is the most trusted profession. yardwork Thursday #30

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They claim they're Making America Healthy Again but it's a scam. yardwork Friday #49

Shooting the healthcare sector in the foot, I'd say, since Registered Nurses are always the #1 job posted, PatrickforB Thursday #11

An RN is considered a professional degree. patphil Thursday #12

The Trump administration disagrees Wiz Imp Thursday #27

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Do you agree that nurses are not professionals? AllyCat Friday #75

I didn't say that was my view, that's how it's defined. patphil Friday #80

Okay, thank you for clarifying. AllyCat Friday #81

Yeah, I wasn't really clear enough...one of the problems with the written word. patphil Saturday #83

Happens to us all. That's why I asked. AllyCat Saturday #85

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When I was in my peds NP program in 1975, our instructors had this advice... 3catwoman3 Thursday #35

One more middle finger to women. God forbid they should get a professional degree in medicine. Fla Dem Thursday #24

So there has been a number of US nurses who have been recruited in Canada, I wonder if those Bev54 Thursday #26

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Newsweek has contacted the Department of Education via email for comment. mdbl Thursday #37

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Denigrating and demoting the status of nursing as a profession is unconscionable, but I'd like to point out that nursing Martin68 Thursday #40

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RN is a 5 year degree Nigrum Cattus Thursday #44

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You need to read farther into the Newsweek article FakeNoose Friday #68

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RISE UP! Jilly_in_VA Friday #66

I hope a considerable number of nurses have long, vengeful memories. (nt) Paladin Friday #64

sexism de rigor for the fat piggy. pansypoo53219 Friday #67

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I saw my nephrologist today and told him Jilly_in_VA Friday #77

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