Chamberlain College of Nursing

I just graduated with my BSN! –and I am still giving Chamberlain College of Nursing 5 stars: D
This school gave me the opportunity to achieve such great things, to learn beyond what I thought I could accomplish, and to become a nurse. I achieved honors!!! The support from professors, and other fellow classmates was consistent and very important in my process.
The clinical rotations were in different locations, and this was great because I was able to see the different healthcare systems that are in place at each hospital or clinic. I completed my program feeling like a different person. Chamberlain truly supports its students so much. I have had so much help to prepare for the NCLEX and to also know how to go through interviews (I had my first interview and it went well!). I don’t really have any previous clinical experience, but with what I learned at Chamberlain, I know that I have everything I need to be a successful nurse.
I would highly recommend this school, again and again. If you want to be a nurse and you are passionate about it, consider Chamberlain as an open door to a bright future!

I’m finally a nurse! Woohoo!
Chamberlain College of Nursing was awesome. CCN absolutely prepared me for clinical sessions as well as passing the NCLEX. I finished my final class (Capstone) end of February, got my ATT code March 25^th, took the NCLEX March 27^th, and officially got my license Monday March 30^th! Yay! It takes about 2 – 3 weeks to get your ATT code so be patient AND STUDY during all that down time! So when your code comes in you can register for the first available date! Just like I did!
I read all the reviews about CCN and I get it. Everyone has the right to voice their own opinions BLAH BLAH BLAH CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK YA YA YA. First of all CCN is not perfect, just like everything else in life. If you know me then you know I try to get to know as many people as possible. So when I see other schools, wearing red, at hospitals you best believe I interrogate them about their programs. Based on my interrogations I have concluded that most of the programs in the area, including GMU and Marymount, are absolutely not perfect. I am really good friends with someone who finished her GMU program the same time as I did so we were constantly comparing experiences throughout. Our programs are really not that much different. They both had flaws but at the same time they both rocked!
The professors were awesome but they absolutely did NOT baby you. It’s sometimes difficult to get people on the phone but that’s OK because I sometimes found that whenever I was ignored I solved my own problems. Unless your issue is about clinical compliance, it can probably wait till class. I never had a problem with the clinical compliance people answering you because they probably knew wars would be waged if they ignored clinical issues.
OK for those of you who think that you will enter nursing school and see rainbows and sunshine you might have a insane wake-​up call one day. I can’t speak for everyone but nursing school, for me, was absolutely brutal. The hours were long, the courses were tough, the clinical sites had patients/​nurses who disliked students, and the NCLEX style exams were written by crazy people. But I was always taught no matter what you’re given in life you have to make the most of it. «Make lemonade!» I made a ton of lemonade in nursing school. I love how CCN forced me to adapt to every situation because no hospital, unit, or patient is perfect. Let’s be real.
No company is perfect either. I used to do sales for Verizon and AT&T (multi-​billion dollar companies) and even they had their share of hiccups. So I knew coming into CCN I would have to work my butt off. I never got the highest grade in the class and earning that 76 exam average was usually a «photo finish» but I always showed up on time and I always had a great attitude. I had no time to complain about every little thing that wasn’t even in my control and neither did my gangster cohort. A career in sales taught me that I can’t control the rain, but I can definitely bring an umbrella.
In closing, I LOVE YOU Chamberlain! You honestly changed my life! When other schools looked at my GPA from 2003, judged me, and said Meh, you said yes. America is all about 2^nd chances and finding out what someone is made of! Thank you. I will be forever grateful.
I’m very proud to say that May 4^th I start my new life as an Inova ER nurse. Woohoo! Still hard to believe sometimes.
Oh and it’s ER nurse! Not ED nurse. As a man, I refuse to call myself an ED nurse. Sounds wrong to me. Similar to that one school on TV called UTI.
Really? UTI?

I just graduated 14 days ago from the second degree BSN program. As you can see from the star rating how I feel about my expereince. Overall, I graduated and about to take my NCLEX but the school is dsyfunctional.
The professors/​clinical professors/​Sim Lab staff– they are by far the higlight of the program. They are commetant RN’s who have decidated their skill to teaching new nurses. There is a very high turnover rate but overall my love of CCN is only here. There are exceptions here definetly but mostly great professors.
The staff– the staff at chamberlain is largely incompetant. The college seems to run as if they never had a nursing class graduate before. examples to follow. an example– they state they have never heard of a ‘letter of confirment’ when its in their graduation packet.
the admissions process– the staff is decent, responsive and kind. they seem to care about the students. i already have a bachelors degree from GWU and they fought me on transferring credits from GWU. They fought me about accepting my 4 credit GWU writing class witha 25 page class minimum to cover a DeVry university 1 or 2 credit clas. This is just one example of the for profit nature of the school. (they also fought a nutrition class and won over a history class)
The Center for Academic Sucess– they try but largely fail in helping the students succeed. They attempt to put in place an alternative and supplemental educational process but end up making strict demands on scheduling and just end up making the process too difficult for the student. An example is of their misguided attempots is a supposed review of the cardiac system. We were scheduled to have an in depth pre– exit exam review of Cardio– instead be played cardiac jeopordy. After I complined to one of the profesors she commented that she offered to c\do a cardiac review but they opted for the game.
If you expect efficiency and order with your college experience rethink your decision to go to CCN.

Don’t Go Here. I don’t have it in me to write as much as the other 2 reviews because this school is not worth it. The service and education you recieve is not worth it compared to other schools in the area. Do not be fooled by colorful advertisements and initial friendly interactions. After you have «signed-​on» it all goes away. The other poor review is 100% correct. Tuition goes up and service goes down. The turn-​over rate of teachers is ridiculous. You will kick yourself for the amount you will pay for choosing this school. Wait and go to a tradition 4 year institution. I should have.