11/19/2025
| Protect the Pipeline. Protect the Profession.
Today’s workforce crisis is not hypothetical — it’s here!
Texas is already facing nursing shortages across bedside, advanced practice, faculty, and community health roles. And now, proposed federal loan policy changes threaten to remove nursing from professional degree classification, placing even more barriers between aspiring nurses and the education required to serve our communities.
This is not just a policy change.
It’s a direct hit to the pipeline that sustains our healthcare system.
Nursing is a profession.
It demands scientific rigor, clinical judgment, ethical accountability, and leadership. Removing nursing from the professional designation sends a dangerous and inaccurate message about the discipline that anchors patient care in every setting.
📉 The impact would be immediate and devastating:
• Reduced access to financial aid for nursing students
• Wider gaps for rural, first-generation, and Black/Brown learners
• Fewer faculty entering the workforce
• More pressure on already strained hospitals and clinics
• Longer wait times and limited access to care for patients
💬 A weakened pipeline means a weakened Texas.
That’s why TNA District 7 is raising our voices and calling on every nurse, student, educator, and ally to do the same. Policies that undermine nursing education, along with our social work and public health partners, undermine patient safety, community health, and the stability of our workforce.
📣 Take action this week: https://tna7.nursingnetwork.com/nursing-news/206081-urgent-call-to-action-takeactiontuesday
✔️ Email and call your federal and state legislators
✔️ Share our one-page briefing with colleagues
✔️ Advocate in your workplaces, classrooms, and communities
Nurses are the backbone of healthcare, and our educational pathways must reflect that reality. Let’s defend the profession, the workforce, and the future of Texas healthcare.
