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Chamberlain School Of Nursing • St. Louis, MO
Studying Nursing (completion in 2011)
• 8/23/2011
"After two grueling years of struggling and sleep deprivation, I feel like I paid for my degree and didn't earn it. I'm thankful for my clinical rotation experience, which was in no part due to the school."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | no | I wouldn't recommend this school to anyone. They are not out there to educate and produce well-trained nurses; they're out to make money. But for someone who wants to enter a nursing program right away without being burdened with long waiting lists, they should consider this school before it officially becomes a for-profit school. Otherwise, obtaining federal financial aid will be impossible. |
| Program Reputation | 3 | Chamberlain will indubitably become a for-profit school in the future, if not in the next few years. They advertise extensively in the media and they accept just about anyone - I'm sorry to say myself included. There is a nursing shortage, after all, which poses a tremendous opportunity for schools like Chamberlain. |
| Program Quality | 5 | Chamberlain School of Nursing is a branch of DeVry, a for-profit school. Although the school was not for-profit when I attended the nursing program, the courses were poorly coordinated and lacked quality. It was appallingly obvious that they accepted anyone to make money. They also hired unqualified teachers to save money. |
| Instruction | 5 | The teachers were not experienced in education. They were nurses who were burned out from 12-hour shift at hospitals and were ignorant to our needs. The curriculum and objectives were poorly constructed, and teachers failed at constructive instruction. |
| How Difficult | 7 | There were times when the academic demands of certain classes were outrageous (presentations, papers, and tests due nearly every week, etc), and in other classes, the teachers slacked off from their teaching duties. I learned more on my clinical rotations at various hospitals than I did at the school; the instruction did not supplement the rotations. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | In all honesty, it was neither. The teachers made us buy books that they seldom lectured from, and shared personal hands-on experiences that didn't supplement what I learned from my clinical rotations. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 5 | One good thing about Chamberlain is the schedule. If you have a day job, they do offer night classes and summer courses. But one problem is that most of the classes are in sequence and are offered only once a year. So, if you could not take that class at the offered quarter, you're in trouble for the rest of the year if that class was a prerequisite of later classes. It means you have to wait another year for another opportunity to take it. |
| Academic Facilities | 2 | The facilities are poorly financed and maintain. I was depressed by the campus library, which had fewer periodicals and medical reference books than the community college library a block away. One good thing is the computer lab, which is open almost 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. |
| Social Life | 4 | This rating is mostly due to my dire lack of social skills. The other students managed to forge lifelong relationships, but I didn't, nor did I feel a need to. I just wanted to graduate and get away as far and as soon as possible. |
| Placement Services | 4 | They don't prepare you enough. Most of my graduating class is still looking for jobs and they have been out of school for about three months. The one student I know that did get a job got it because of prior experience as a CNA or LN. |
| Alumni Network | 2 | From what I understand, most of the nurses just want to graduate with their degrees and never acknowledge the school again. I don't recall receiving any emotional or professional support from any alumni. Also, the school is relatively new so I doubt they have an extensive alumni network. |
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