AACN Joins with National Healthcare and Higher Education Groups in Legal Action to Recognize Nursing as a Professional Degree to Recognize Nursing as a Professional Degree

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 21, 2026, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announced that it is taking legal action in response to the Department of Education's (ED) final rule, published May 1, which excludes nursing from its definition of...