Jeanette Spinelli, AAS in Nursing, 1980

by Mackenzie Wright | September 27th, 2023

1980 Regents External Degree Program Graduate

Jeanette Spinelli, of Stratford, Connecticut, earned an Associate in Applied Science in Nursing from Excelsior University (then Regents External Degree Program) in 1980. She worked as an LPN as she finished her degree. She retired in 2019. Her nursing experience included hospital, long-term care, dialysis, infection control, supervision, management, and school nursing. She shares, “I would highly recommend Excelsior University. The nursing program is rigorous and absolutely prepared me to have a very successful nursing career.”

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