ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing Public health Social work Physician assistant Occupational therapy Physical therapy Audiology Speech-language pathology Social work Counseling & therapy Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
And of course this is during a healthcare workforce shortage affecting many of these exact roles....b/c MAHA? see: bhw.hrsa.gov/data-researc... & nihcm.org/newsletter/r... & bhw.hrsa.gov/sites/defaul... & nri-inc.org/media/tghpz5...
HRSA makes projections on the national supply of and demand for health professions by discipline to inform public policy to help prevent shortages and surpluses.
They're really pushing the "fuck you, just die" agenda
Serious question, what does “no longer considers these professional degrees” mean? Like, in practice?
Whoever decided this sure better hope they don't need any nurses to take care of them any time soon.
Instead, veterinary medicine, chiropractic and theology are now considered professional degrees.
This is insane. Let the lawsuits begin.
As I retired nurse, I think it’s a slap in the face to all nurses. Major disrespect. Nursing is a noble profession.
I might say some are para-professional which maybe requires an associates. But they aren't really, some of these require masters degrees. Certainly physical therapy, speech therapy, and counseling do.
What Dept of Education?
F@ck
I don’t know about the geniuses at DOE, but I don’t want amateur nurses caring for me.
IMO, this policy change should not provoke a pissing contest comparing the validity of various degrees.
Instead we should be talking about: (1) how ppl whose American dream is a nursing career will afford school & (2) how healthcare will be delivered in a system where PAs provide most primary care.
Incredible! So osteopathy and theology are now 'professional', but architecture and engineering are not?
A lot of those fields require graduate level degrees
Hmmm... many of these are related service providers who provide dedicated minutes to children with IEPs in public schools under the IDEA. What is the implication for special education and educational access for children with disabilities, under an already gutted IDEA compliance regime?
My understanding is that those were already not regarded as professional degrees, but the news is related to a part of the BBB that limits federal loans based on the arbitrary classifications of how "professional" a degree is
Basically, female dominated industries.
Wait wait wait wait wait WHAT???
Well, I hope the next time Felon47 has his 3rd-time-this-year annual physical, all of the Nurses, PAs, and everyone else that is no longer deemed a “professional” tell him to f*ck right off and refuses to treat him.
Non-stop insanity.
How do we have any health care without those professions? What does this decision really mean?
Do they think AI will replace these professions or maybe they are just planning to extremely limit access to healthcare.
Because we have a shortage of these now and it would be pretty bad to put up more barriers to get a pipeline going.
All professions that observe and report on Domestic Abuse and Child Abuse.
My public health degree taught me to think critically, to work in coalition and center affected communities. Of course they’re scared of that- it teaches us to challenge what they’re trying to spoon feed us.
Honestly, people working in these fields could do the funniest thing ever and refuse to treat any diseases that orange shithead and his cronies get infected with.
Social work: so invalid, it bears repeating 🤣 I’m a SW, I laugh to cope but this is appalling. So do I get to double as a PT just because when a pt says they need one?
By their own definition, counseling is a professional occupation. It requires a master's degree and a license to practice, which requires continuing ed to renew every two years. They can't even issue a coherent policy that doesn't contradict itself. Has no one questioned them about this?
Regardless of what the backwards repugs think, the rest of the world still sees these career paths as “professional”
This should be criminal. I hope it can be stopped.
Professionals,
There are many places other than US that respect you knowledge, your skills, your experiences and your professionalism.
All jobs held primarily by women
And yes they are professions
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT MUST BE BROUGHT EVERY DAY UNTIL THE REGIME IS REMOVED
To repeat myself. Thank medicine for profit for this. They do not want to pay for Professionals. It hurts their bottom line. THIS IS WHY TRUMP IS TRYING TO SHUT DOWN HIGHER EDUCATION. HE WANTS A NEW WORLD ORDER OF SLAVES ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY.
😡 What idiots. In functional neurological disorders alone, which are common, therapists have to be specifically trained in order to help these patients. And doctors (“true professionals” according to The List) often know nothing. Maddening.
Were these separate degrees from a MS or PhD?
You have got to be out of your minds
