Nefazodon
23.11.2025, 12:29
Ich habe gerade in einem Post auf LinkedIn gelesen, dass das US Department of Education den Studiengang "Nursing" herabgestuft hat, sodass Nursing in Zukunft nicht mehr als vollwertiges Professional Degree gilt.
Mit Auswirkungen auf den Zugang zu weiterführenden Masterabschlüssen etc. aber auch zu Krediten.
Und das, nachdem die USA jahrelang Vorreiter in der Akademisierung der Pflege waren.
Finde leider keine gute Quelle dazu.
Hier mal eine Meldung von der AACN -American Association of Colleges of Nursing:
AACN Alarmed Over Department of Education’s Proposed Limitation of Student Loan Access for Nursing
November 7, 2025
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is deeply concerned by the Department of Education’s decision to move forward with a proposed definition of professional degree programs that excludes nursing and significantly limits student loan access. Despite broad recognition of the complexity, rigor, and necessity of post-baccalaureate nursing education, the Department’s proposal defines professional programs so narrowly that nursing, the nation’s largest healthcare profession, remains excluded. Should this proposal be finalized, the impact on our already-challenged nursing workforce would be devastating.
Under the Department’s proposed framework, which was unanimously adopted through the Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee negotiated rulemaking process, professional degree programs are described as:
Signifying both completion of the academic requirements for beginning practice in a given profession and a level of professional skill beyond that normally required for a bachelor's degree;
Doctoral-level programs that require six or more years of postsecondary study;
Professional licensure; and
Classification within the same four-digit Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, law, theology, and related fields.
While the CIP code series (51) for “health professions” includes nursing, it is not “in the same intermediate group” as the other enumerated fields. Thus, post-baccalaureate nursing programs, including the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), and research-focused nursing PhD, fall outside the professional category.
Our post-baccalaureate nursing graduates are independent providers, systems leaders, and researchers who deliver critical care and drive innovation across communities. Excluding nursing from the definition of professional degree programs disregards decades of progress toward parity across the health professions and contradicts the Department’s own acknowledgment that professional programs are those leading to licensure and direct practice. AACN recognizes that explicitly including post-baccalaureate nursing education as professional is essential for strengthening the nation’s healthcare workforce, supporting the next generation of nurses, and ultimately supporting the healthcare of patients in communities across the country.
The Department is expected to release a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the coming weeks, where stakeholders, including AACN, will have additional opportunities to comment. AACN will continue to lead this effort, engage our membership and outside stakeholders, and explore every available avenue to ensure post-baccalaureate programs are included in the definition of professional degree programs.
Was denkt ihr darüber? Ist das nur eine "Verwaltungsposse" und vielleicht ein Versehen (also sind Nursing Studiengänge versehentlich wegen ihres CIP-Codes aus der Definition gerutscht) oder ist es Absicht?
Wenn es Absicht ist, ist es ein Zeichen dafür, dass sich die amerikanische Gesellschaft insgesamt wandelt, oder liegt es nur an der derzeitigen Regierung?
Und glaubt ihr, dass diese Entscheidung Auswirkung auf die Akademisierung der Pflege in anderen Ländern haben wird?
Mit Auswirkungen auf den Zugang zu weiterführenden Masterabschlüssen etc. aber auch zu Krediten.
Und das, nachdem die USA jahrelang Vorreiter in der Akademisierung der Pflege waren.
Finde leider keine gute Quelle dazu.
Hier mal eine Meldung von der AACN -American Association of Colleges of Nursing:
AACN Alarmed Over Department of Education’s Proposed Limitation of Student Loan Access for Nursing
November 7, 2025
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is deeply concerned by the Department of Education’s decision to move forward with a proposed definition of professional degree programs that excludes nursing and significantly limits student loan access. Despite broad recognition of the complexity, rigor, and necessity of post-baccalaureate nursing education, the Department’s proposal defines professional programs so narrowly that nursing, the nation’s largest healthcare profession, remains excluded. Should this proposal be finalized, the impact on our already-challenged nursing workforce would be devastating.
Under the Department’s proposed framework, which was unanimously adopted through the Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee negotiated rulemaking process, professional degree programs are described as:
Signifying both completion of the academic requirements for beginning practice in a given profession and a level of professional skill beyond that normally required for a bachelor's degree;
Doctoral-level programs that require six or more years of postsecondary study;
Professional licensure; and
Classification within the same four-digit Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, law, theology, and related fields.
While the CIP code series (51) for “health professions” includes nursing, it is not “in the same intermediate group” as the other enumerated fields. Thus, post-baccalaureate nursing programs, including the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), and research-focused nursing PhD, fall outside the professional category.
Our post-baccalaureate nursing graduates are independent providers, systems leaders, and researchers who deliver critical care and drive innovation across communities. Excluding nursing from the definition of professional degree programs disregards decades of progress toward parity across the health professions and contradicts the Department’s own acknowledgment that professional programs are those leading to licensure and direct practice. AACN recognizes that explicitly including post-baccalaureate nursing education as professional is essential for strengthening the nation’s healthcare workforce, supporting the next generation of nurses, and ultimately supporting the healthcare of patients in communities across the country.
The Department is expected to release a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the coming weeks, where stakeholders, including AACN, will have additional opportunities to comment. AACN will continue to lead this effort, engage our membership and outside stakeholders, and explore every available avenue to ensure post-baccalaureate programs are included in the definition of professional degree programs.
Was denkt ihr darüber? Ist das nur eine "Verwaltungsposse" und vielleicht ein Versehen (also sind Nursing Studiengänge versehentlich wegen ihres CIP-Codes aus der Definition gerutscht) oder ist es Absicht?
Wenn es Absicht ist, ist es ein Zeichen dafür, dass sich die amerikanische Gesellschaft insgesamt wandelt, oder liegt es nur an der derzeitigen Regierung?
Und glaubt ihr, dass diese Entscheidung Auswirkung auf die Akademisierung der Pflege in anderen Ländern haben wird?