Officials warn against limits on loans for nursing students

(The Center Square) – Weeks after the federal government lowered the borrowing limit for student loans for graduate degrees in nursing, professionals and elected officials are sounding off on the impact.

U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank, said the proposed federal rules could affect the number of people who can enter the profession and hurt nursing students in her district.

The rules will make it more difficult to attract nursing students at a time when that’s already a challenge, the California congresswoman told The Center Square in a phone interview Friday. “This is a real insult, because they are re-classifying [nurses] from being a profession. This sends a terrible signal to people who are studying for years to get these degrees so they can serve the public in a medical setting.”

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