u/cannotberushed-

⚖️ Nurses just got two major wins in one day.

A bipartisan bill — the Nursing is a Professional Degree Act — was introduced to officially classify nursing as a professional degree, restoring $50K/yr in federal loan access for MSN, DNP, and PhD students.

The same day, 24 states and D.C. filed a federal lawsuit to block the RISE rule that slashed those loans in the first place.

The rule was based on a list of "professional degrees" that hasn't been updated since the 1950s — before modern graduate nursing education even existed.

The bill already has 250+ organizations backing it, including the ANA and AACN 💜

Do you think the bill or the lawsuit has a better chance of fixing this?

I’d love to hear if our organizations are doing anything?

This is a fantastic article about the ways that our field is not sustainable without other income streams, or privileged.

This article moves away the hero’s journey story and tells the true systems story of other supports necessary to be able to survive this field.

I do not know this author, I do not benefit from sharing this story

Parental leave is on the chopping block in the US

More attacks on women and children.

Just more attacks on women and children.

Parental leave is on the

Chopping for these two large companies

https://www.inc.com/kaylawebster/the-great-rollback-has-begun-deloitte-and-zoom-take-the-lead-in-slashing-the-most-coveted-benefits/91333534