I am a Licensed Practical Nurse of 20 years.During the course of my nursing career, I have worked as Health Services Cooordinator, Instructor, Director of Health Services, and a staff nurse in Psychiatric, Alzheimer and Neurobehavioral communities. I am sure there are other seasoned students with a multitude of experiences who would be more than qualified to fulfill the duties of a RN once they've completed the Excelsior program. Please consider continuing this program for individuals who come to you with experience and rigorous medical background training. Persons with many years experience, shows much dedication and compassion to the nursing/medical profession. I am sure you will agree that these qualities are needed in our today's medical profession. Contination of RN licensure upon completing Excelsior and receiving licensing by the RN licensing board should be approved by you. Thank you for every consideration given to this request. .