http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/excelsior-college-and-the-gbon.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:54 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9371208?utm_medium=rss Excelsior College graduates are more than capable in providing safe patient care and should be allowed to practice in any state.

]]> Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:21:21 UTC 9371208 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9212213?utm_medium=rss I personally am an Excelsior College nursing graduate andhave worked as an LPN for seven year. Georgia has a nursing shortage already. Please don't keep experienced, caring nurses such as myself out of Georgia, or worse yet, from ever reaching their potential

]]> Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:03:34 UTC 9212213 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5851658?utm_medium=rss I have a wife and 3 kids and having to attend school full time to become a LPN was hard enough. Having the ability to become an RN through Online Classes would be economically beneficially to us.

]]> Thu, 9 Jul 2009 02:54:49 UTC 5851658 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5484231?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 May 2009 05:41:32 UTC 5484231 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5437212?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2009 08:13:31 UTC 5437212 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5320870?utm_medium=rss do not do this

]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:01:56 UTC 5320870 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5056870?utm_medium=rss I have worked with EC graduates for many years and they have performed better and have more skills than nurses that have higher degrees and went to better known 4 year colleges

]]> Thu, 5 Mar 2009 01:02:22 UTC 5056870 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5052771?utm_medium=rss This is silly. Someone is getting their pockets lined for recruiting and bringing in the foreign nurses to do the job Georgians should be and are capable of doing and some have done so for a while. Many of these graduates have been licensed in other states and have practiced for years. The senate has found proposal to be bogus, if I heard right. We can only hope the house is as wise. Wake up Georgia, don't cut off your nose in spite of your face.

]]> Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:59:44 UTC 5052771 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5026374?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Mar 2009 07:23:44 UTC 5026374 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4971216?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:23:55 UTC 4971216 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4969034?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:17:54 UTC 4969034 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4877015?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Feb 2009 07:24:21 UTC 4877015 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4876607?utm_medium=rss I WAS WANTING TO ADVANCE MY CARREER TO AN RN LEVEL. I KNOW SEVERAL RN'S THAT HAS RECEIVED THERE DEGREE WITH THIS PROGRAM FROM 2 TO 20 YEARS AGO AND THEIR GREAT NURSES..

]]> Tue, 3 Feb 2009 05:15:19 UTC 4876607 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4782462?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:35:25 UTC 4782462 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4747554?utm_medium=rss please reconsider the decision for ga lpn's I was studying for my nursing concepts 3 test

]]> Fri, 9 Jan 2009 01:23:48 UTC 4747554 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4722278?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Jan 2009 04:45:39 UTC 4722278 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4715810?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:06:27 UTC 4715810 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4687083?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:27:20 UTC 4687083 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4686632?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:51:35 UTC 4686632 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4684444?utm_medium=rss I have personally worked with some of these graduates and can vouch for their competency. Please consider this petition.

]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:18:02 UTC 4684444 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4681588?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:19:40 UTC 4681588 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4674632?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:52:06 UTC 4674632 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4674535?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:21:20 UTC 4674535 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4674428?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:49:39 UTC 4674428 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4674139?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:27:11 UTC 4674139 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4666155?utm_medium=rss I am a LPN and have been in ga for 5 years..I have a family and would love to get my RN but cant go to traditional college..Please dont take Excelsior away.
if you are a LPN in ga then you should be able to take RN boards and work in the state you live.

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:38:46 UTC 4666155 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4665142?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:39:29 UTC 4665142 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4665140?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:38:58 UTC 4665140 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4664927?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:09:02 UTC 4664927 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4664920?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:05:38 UTC 4664920 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4661735?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:53:02 UTC 4661735 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4660688?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:17:47 UTC 4660688 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4659073?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:26:45 UTC 4659073 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4651639?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Dec 2008 08:35:28 UTC 4651639 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4511829?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:07:32 UTC 4511829 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4504498?utm_medium=rss This is a vindictive and cruel injustice. The Ga. BON are a bunch of sorry, selfish, uninformed dolts who make decisions based on opinions, NOT facts. Their sorry, were just following the law is a bunch of bunk. There was absolutely nothing in the new bill to have warranted the decision that these jerks have made.
How can you do thi these grads and students, who have taken the initiative and worked so hard to obtain a degree from an NLN-Accrettited, Center of Nursing Excellence like Excelsior?

]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:44:51 UTC 4504498 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4480001?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:29:26 UTC 4480001 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4479270?utm_medium=rss I support this petition

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:42:09 UTC 4479270 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4447294?utm_medium=rss I graduated with ASN myself and I also work with many graduates of the ASN program. Agree that it they want more clinical time, would be OK. Personally trying to get my license by endorsement and cannot due to this change in law. I have been licensed in Michigan for 5 years and this is very frustrating.

]]> Thu, 6 Nov 2008 02:36:12 UTC 4447294 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4292023?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:25:18 UTC 4292023 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4291250?utm_medium=rss I AM A RECENT GRAD FROM EXCELSIOR AND
I MYSELF HAD TO FILE FOR RECIPROCITY
FROM ANOTHER STATE AND THEN FILE FOR
ENDORSEMENT INTO GA, (WHAT A HASSLE)
I SUPPORT EXCELSIOR GRADS BECAUSE I AM ONE, AND IF YOU ASK OF MY CO-WORKERS THEY WOULD HAVE ME FOR THEIR NURSE ANYDAY!!!!!!!

]]> Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:17:14 UTC 4291250 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4261369?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Oct 2008 01:30:35 UTC 4261369 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4218099?utm_medium=rss I am a two year LPN. I worked hard for my LPN license and I am working harder for my RN degree. I think that it is unfair for the state of Georgia to pass a law stating that I can not earn a nursing degree online, because they believe we do not get enough clinicals or the proper education that a traditional school offers. I work a full time job like most excelsior college students. I can not go to a "traditional" college four to five tims per week, work a fulltime job and help support my famil

]]> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:49:42 UTC 4218099 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4210023?utm_medium=rss I agree, I am a current student and I am not able to attend a traditional college to obtain my RN license and have invested a lot of time and money in the Excelsior program. I don't mind if the GBON adds amendments to the Excelsior program but right now the Excelsior prgram is the only way I have to continue my education.

]]> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:15:08 UTC 4210023 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4196112?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:17:26 UTC 4196112 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4195171?utm_medium=rss I believe this program produces qualified and competent nurses. The state of Georgia is making a serious mistake by not allowing E.C. nurses to be licensed.

]]> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:36:25 UTC 4195171 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4189935?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:33:12 UTC 4189935 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4183296?utm_medium=rss I know many nurses that are LPNs that have bridged through Excelsior and are great nurses. I don't fee they should be punished at this point. If the board decides to stop honoring it. It should stop with new students not the ones that are already inroled.

]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:27:53 UTC 4183296 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4181745?utm_medium=rss WE ARE ALL QUALIFIED TO BECOME AN RN IN WHAT EVER STATE HE/SHE LIVES IN. THEREFORE, IF I AM GOOD ENOUGH AS AN LPN IN GA, THEN I AM ALSO GOOD ENOUGH TO BECOME AN RN IN GA. PLEASE BE ADVISED, THAT EXCELSIOR COLLEGE IS NO EASY OR OFF THE WALL COLLEGE. YOU REALLY HAVE TO STUDY HARD TO PASS THEIR EXAMS. TRUTHFULLY, I'VE LEARNED MORE WHILE IN EXCELSIOR COLLEGE VS. THE TRADITIONAL LPN SCHOOLING.
DEBORAH P. BRADSHAW,LPN

]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:51:51 UTC 4181745 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4181171?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:15:42 UTC 4181171 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4180534?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:14:44 UTC 4180534 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4177740?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:24:09 UTC 4177740 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4176980?utm_medium=rss We need all the good nurses we can get.

]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:07:49 UTC 4176980 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4176638?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:57:05 UTC 4176638 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4174044?utm_medium=rss I have worked with several RN's at my hospital who graduated from Excelsior's nursing program. All mantioned are exceptional nurses!

]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:29:22 UTC 4174044 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4173199?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:33:06 UTC 4173199 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4169221?utm_medium=rss Please let the GA Board of NG accept the Excelsior College RN diploma/degrees.

]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:13:40 UTC 4169221 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4162103?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:10:55 UTC 4162103 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4161409?utm_medium=rss It's not right to hold students, who worked hard and paid good money, accountable for some clerical problem. Let the ones who are finished sit for their boards as you work out the issues with the college. Giving more notice to current students that there may be an issue that affects their ability to sit for boards. If they sit for the boards and pass then they are qualified to do the work of a registered nurse. Please reconsider your stance on the current graduate nurses of Excelsior.

]]> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:38:34 UTC 4161409 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4160942?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:36:25 UTC 4160942 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4159103?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:40:05 UTC 4159103 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4158522?utm_medium=rss As an LPN and single mother Excelsior College was the right decision for me. I know I am a great nurse now and would make a great RN. I recieve over 40 hours of clinical experience a week on the job. This decision by the GBON makes no sense to me. I hope they realize they need us as RNs in GA

]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:46:51 UTC 4158522 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4157895?utm_medium=rss Am very upset about this No notification and excelsior grads records are better than traditional nursng programs.

]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:52:40 UTC 4157895 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4156648?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:42:58 UTC 4156648 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4151391?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:33:05 UTC 4151391 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4150541?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:38:26 UTC 4150541 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4149624?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:18:29 UTC 4149624 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4148014?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:28:53 UTC 4148014 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4147517?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:21:09 UTC 4147517 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4142975?utm_medium=rss I feel that any LPN that can pass state boards and have obtained college credits and graduated from an accredited college should be allowed to work. LPNs have more clinical experience than RNs who have went to the local colleges.

]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:04:08 UTC 4142975 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4142731?utm_medium=rss I am an LPN and am going back for my RN. I have taken test and spent thousands with EC. This program is for people that are already experienced in the health field. Ga board of nursing needs to look further into this situation.

]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:24:31 UTC 4142731 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4138257?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:54:32 UTC 4138257 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4133604?utm_medium=rss I am a former Grady and DeKalb Co.paramedic as well as an Excelsior graduate. Excelsior College gave me an excellent education to be a successful RN In California, however I hope to be able to return home one day as an RN. It would be sad for Georgia to exclude graduates from a respected program and lose competent nurses to other states.

]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:27:23 UTC 4133604 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4125071?utm_medium=rss Unbelievable that with the current nursing shortage so many capable, intelligent and experienced students are being told they cannot practice in Georgia. I ask you, would it make a difference to you if your nurse was a 24 year old new nursing school grad who had the luxury of going to a traditional school OR a 40 something new nursing grad with 15 years of paramedic experience. Looks like GA chooses to retain their nursing shortage.

]]> Tue, 9 Sep 2008 05:31:59 UTC 4125071 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4124723?utm_medium=rss I am a Paramedic with over 16 years of experience, and am currently enrolled as an Excelsior College Nursing Student. I disapprove of the action that the Ga. Board of Nursing has taken.

]]> Tue, 9 Sep 2008 04:30:51 UTC 4124723 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4118899?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Sep 2008 03:47:57 UTC 4118899 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4118518?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Sep 2008 02:04:54 UTC 4118518 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4118486?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Sep 2008 01:55:58 UTC 4118486 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4117914?utm_medium=rss The decision the GBON has made is very unfair to the students and graduates affected. The board needs to consider the shortage in Georgia before making these types of decision and give the current students and graduates a time frame in order to complete their studies.

]]> Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:31:42 UTC 4117914 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4116544?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2008 06:07:01 UTC 4116544 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4116063?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2008 04:40:24 UTC 4116063 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4114952?utm_medium=rss EXCELSIOR COLLEGE HAS GREAT NURSES. THERE IS ONE WHO HELPED ME TRAIN AFTER I FINISHED AT GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE. SHE REALLY KNOWS HER STUFF

]]> Mon, 8 Sep 2008 02:17:40 UTC 4114952 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4114933?utm_medium=rss SOMEONE HAS SERIOUSLY DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE. PLEASE REEVALUATE THE DECISION TO DISALLOW EXCELLSIOR COLLEGE GRADUATES IN GEORGIA. THIS IS THE ONLY PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS WORKING, SINGLE MOTHERS TO GET THEIR DEGREE. IT IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM BECAUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT YOU MUST BE A NURSE OR PARAMEDIC. SOMEONE MISUNDERSTOOD SOMETHING IN THIS NEW BILL. MANY PATIENTS IN GEORGIA WILL SUFFER IF THIS IS NOT AMMENDED. PLEASE HELP THE CITIZENS OF GEORGIA.

]]> Mon, 8 Sep 2008 02:14:35 UTC 4114933 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4110371?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2008 05:50:35 UTC 4110371 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4108790?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:01:37 UTC 4108790 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4107563?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Sep 2008 03:54:46 UTC 4107563 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4105028?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Sep 2008 06:25:08 UTC 4105028 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4104441?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Sep 2008 02:08:31 UTC 4104441 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4104145?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Sep 2008 11:37:25 UTC 4104145 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4103151?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Sep 2008 06:32:33 UTC 4103151 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4103133?utm_medium=rss This kind of change should be informed at least 6 to 12 months in advance.

]]> Sat, 6 Sep 2008 06:28:07 UTC 4103133 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4101468?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Sep 2008 11:36:31 UTC 4101468 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4101056?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:00:13 UTC 4101056 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4099320?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:24:23 UTC 4099320 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4099105?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2008 10:10:37 UTC 4099105 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4098817?utm_medium=rss I support this petition. It's an outrage.

]]> Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:45:49 UTC 4098817 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4098453?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:02:37 UTC 4098453 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4097587?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Sep 2008 03:35:59 UTC 4097587 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4096874?utm_medium=rss I am currently serving in the Army as a medic. And for the past 7 years, I have been trying too finish up my RN. Just when I have discovered EC, paid my fees, purchased my books, and began taking the exams...now GA no longer wants to except them. For the past 25 yrs, EC has been excepted by the GBON. Why no more? I want to know, and I have the right to know!

]]> Fri, 5 Sep 2008 02:04:01 UTC 4096874 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4094564?utm_medium=rss Not only will this ruling affect the 1100+ students that are awaiting licensure, it also prevents tens of thousands of RNs currently practicing in other states from ever relocating or working as a travel nurse in GA. I think it is a slap in our face to prevent students in GA from practicing in our own state; then to import foreign nurses with fraudulent transcripts and training in rural dirt floor, antiquated environments to take care of our own families.

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