{"id":31390,"date":"2025-12-19T12:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=31390"},"modified":"2025-12-23T06:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:42:11","slug":"nursing-degree-loses-professional-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/12\/nursing-degree-loses-professional-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Degree Loses Professional Status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent restrictions in President Trump&#8217;s &#8220;big, beautiful bill&#8221; that omit nursing from a list of professional degrees shocked many. The law will limit the amount of student loans available to nursing students. It means lowering reimbursement to their tuitions, which could only suggest that nurses don&#8217;t matter anymore despite the shortage of healthcare personnel and the nature of the profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more, watch the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Nursing degree loses &#039;professional&#039; status due to Trump&#039;s &#039;big, beautiful bill&#039;\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wO5J4_C_ShM?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201c<\/em>tucked into<em>\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>mean?<strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201cA new set of regulations <strong>tucked into <\/strong>the Trump&#8217; Administration&#8217;s Big Beautiful bill removes nursing from a list of professional degree.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;Use this term in a sentence. Give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c\u00a0<strong>socio-economic ladder<\/strong>\u201d mean?\u00a0 \u201c<em>You limit a lot of women and minorities women access to further climb the <strong>socio-economic ladder<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Use this phrase in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the\u00a0\u201c<strong>Title VIII funding<\/strong>\u201d?<em>\u00a0 \u201cNot only did they move into this rise committee, but they were moved <strong>title VIII funding<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Use this expression to make your own sentence and give a synonym<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What are your thoughts on the removal of nursing from the professional list in the US?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How will this affect the current healthcare system?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who does this removal affect most?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you were the president of the US, would you remove nurses from the the list of professional degrees? And why?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In what way would this decision be revoked from the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221;?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate The recent restrictions in President Trump&#8217;s &#8220;big, beautiful bill&#8221; that omit nursing from a list of professional degrees shocked many. The law will limit the amount of student loans available to nursing students. 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