Chamberlain University

Chamberlain University is a privatefor-profit healthcare and nursing school with locations across the United States and online programs. It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in nursing and a public health master's degree. It is a subsidiary of Adtalem Global Education, formerly DeVry Education Group.^[1][2] The university is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

The roots of Chamberlain University are with its predecessor, Deaconess School of Nursing and its related organization, Deaconess Central Hospital.

The Deaconess tradition began in 19th-century Europe when Theodor Fliedner of Kaiserswerth, Germany, established the first Deaconess Home and Hospital in 1836. The word deaconess means “one who is devoted to service”, being the feminine gender of the word deacon. The modern Deaconess Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children in the St. Louis metropolitan area.^[3]

Deaconess Central Hospital was established in St. Louis in 1889 by the Evangelical Deaconess Society of St. Louis, which was part of the Evangelical Synod that later merged with other Protestant denominations to form the United Church of Christ. The hospital was first at 2119 Eugenia Street, then moved to 4117 West Belle Place in 1893, and finally ended at 6150 Oakland Avenue in 1930.^[4]

The hospital, by then named Forest Park Hospital, was sold to Tenet Healthcare Corp. of Dallas in 1997. In 2004, Forest Park Hospital was purchased by Argilla Healthcare Inc., which merged with Doctors Community Healthcare Corp. of Scottsdale, Arizona, becoming Envision Hospital Corp. It was acquired by Success Healthcare LLC in 2008.^[5] Its emergency room was closed in 2011 following many difficult years that included the laying off of the majority of their employees. In 2012, its property was purchased by the nearby St. Louis Zoo as part of a 20-year expansion project.^[6][7]

La Escuela de Enfermería Deaconess se fundó en 1943. ^{[ 4 ]} Fue adquirida por DeVry (más tarde conocida como Adtalem Global Education, Inc. ) y se convirtió en el Chamberlain College of Nursing en 2005. Posteriormente pasó a llamarse Chamberlain University. ^{[ 8 ]} Su sede se encuentra en Downers Grove, Illinois . ^{[ 9 ]}

En 2017, los estudiantes de Chamberlain College of Nursing en Texas protestaron contra un nuevo requisito que les obligaba a aprobar un examen exhaustivo para graduarse. Esto ocurrió después de que la Junta de Enfermería de Texas decidiera prohibir a Chamberlain matricular a nuevos estudiantes tras constatar que un número significativo de recién graduados suspendían el Examen Nacional de Licencia del Consejo (NCLEX). ^{[ 10 ]}

La Universidad Chamberlain cuenta con dos facultades: la Facultad de Enfermería y la Facultad de Profesiones de la Salud. La universidad está acreditada por la Comisión de Educación Superior, aunque algunos programas específicos cuentan con la acreditación de otros organismos. ^{[ 11 ]} Los programas de grado incluyen la Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Enfermería, la Maestría en Ciencias de la Enfermería, la Maestría en Salud Pública, la Maestría en Trabajo Social y el Doctorado en Práctica de Enfermería.

El informe College Scorecard del Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos indica lo siguiente con respecto a Chamberlain-Illinois:

• 74 por ciento de tasa de graduación
• El salario medio después de asistir oscila entre 55.000 y 71.000 dólares.
• Tasa de reembolso (2 años después de comenzar el reembolso: 26% Progresando, 26% Sin progreso, 21% Tolerancia, 15% Aplazamiento, 6% Pagado en su totalidad, 3% Moroso, 3% Incumplido, 0% Cancelado ^{[ 12 ]}

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