DOE Says Nursing Isn’t a Professional Degree?! #474 Part 1

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Dr. Nii Darko

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! This episode hits EVERY corner of healthcare. Medical students, residents, nursing students, and attendings. We’re diving deep into: 1. The Department of Education’s classification of nursing as not a professional degree ● What does this actually mean? ● Does it affect student loans? ● Will this change the future of nursing? ● Why EVERY healthcare worker should pay attention&n...

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0:00.0	The audience wants to know what's up with the Department of Education, classifying nursing,
0:05.3	not as a professional degree. Basically, what happened is the Department of Education or whatever's
0:10.2	left of the Department of Education. They recategorize nursing programs. It puts them in a different
0:14.9	category. What's the cap on federal student loans that nursing students are eligible to take?
0:20.7	I don't know if you've even been to the Department of Education website.
0:22.8	It's like Instagram, basically.
0:24.0	It is like some petty 16-year-old.
0:27.0	They believe if they put a cap on nursing degrees,
0:30.0	that will force nursing schools to decrease their tuition.
0:33.9	I'm going to say that I've never seen colleges actually decrease anything,
0:38.4	much less tuition. So if I go to the same college, you're saying that I will have lower tuition
0:46.3	than the engineering student, then the art history major, than the underwater basket weaving
0:52.0	student. Is that what they're trying to say?
0:55.1	Yo, what's up, everybody?
0:57.6	Welcome back to another episode of Docs Outside the Box.
1:02.3	I'm Dr. Ney here with the incomparable Dr. Renee.
1:06.3	And today we've got a full play for you.
1:08.6	We're going to be talking about a lot today, Dr. Renee.
1:13.2	First, we're going to be jumping into this quick conversation about the Department of Education,
1:22.0	classifying nursing, not as a professional degree and why that's important for upcoming nurses or upcoming future nurses.
1:24.5	Then we're going to switch gears.
1:25.4	You know me.
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