Nursing is no longer considered a professional degree by the federal government, and local experts are rattled.

The Department of Education has excluded nurses, the largest segment of healthcare workers, from its list of professional degrees eligible for expanded graduate student aid and loans. The removal slashes federal funding options for advanced nursing degrees and has local nursing programs rattled.

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