History
Chamberlain College of Nursing was first established in St. Louis in 1889, under the name Deaconess School of Nursing. 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 femmine gender of the word deacon.
The college was originally established as a nurses’ training program associated with the United Church of Christ’s Deaconess Hospital. It became Deaconess College of Nursing in the early 1980s. In March 2005, DeVry, Inc. acquired Deaconess. A term of the acquisition agreement was that DeVry's use of the Deaconess name would expire as of September 30, 2006. The school was later renamed to Chamberlain College of Nursing.
Chamberlain has since evolved from a diploma school of nursing to a college of nursing. It offers undergraduate nursing degree programs at campuses in Phoenix, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; Miramar, Florida; Addison, Illinois; Chicago, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Columbus, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Arlington, Virginia and online. Chamberlain also offers an RN-BSN to MSN Online Bridge Option and a Master of Science in Nursing online degree program.
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