Being an graduate of regents college, now excelsior university over 18 years ago and a former military navy corpsman and LPN. I feel that the 500 hour specific requirnement of clinical time under the watchful eye of an instructor simply because you attend an online program to futher your education and not taking into condereration the schools requirnments for entry to the excelsior program is not fare. The program has entry requirements that require a clinical healthcare back ground and most students havefar more then 500 clinical hours in healthcare before they enter the programs. Look at the amount of experience a navy corpsman obtains working in a military hospital, althought they are not under the supervison of a nursing clinical instructor, they are under the direct supervision of professional nurses and work 40 hours per week or more in direct patient care  in various clinical areas including ICU'S.I think the board should reconsider their exceptance of Excelsior graduates.

stanley Johnson BSN,RN