Chamberlain College of Nursing was first established in the year 1889 , under the name Deaconess School of Nursing in St. Louis . The tradition of Deaconess began in 19th-Century in Europe when the first Deaconess Hospital and Home was established by the Theodor Fliedner of Kaiserswerth of Germany in the year 1836.
The college was initially established as a training program for nurses related with the United Church of Christ’s Deaconess Hospital. In the early 1980's It was called Deaconess College of Nursing . In March of the year 2005, DeVry Incorporation got the ownership of Deaconess. According to the term of agreement , DeVry's can use the Deaconess name till September 30 of the year 2006. The name of school was changed to Chamberlain College of Nursing.
Chamberlain has since promoted to a college of nursing from a diploma school of nursing . It provides undergraduate degree of nursing to 14 campuses. Chamberlain also provides the following online opportunity such as RN-BSN online option, Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program and Master of Science in Nursing degree program .
Chamberlain College of Nursing is a commercial nursing school that provides bachelor, doctoral degree programs in nursing and master . There are altogether 17 campuses of Chamberlain nationwide .Chamberlain also provides online degree of nursing .
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) officially recognized the Chamberlain College of Nursing and is also a member of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges . HLC is one of the eight regional agencies that officially recognizes U.S. universities and colleges at the institutional level. The Chamberlain College of Nursing is officially recognized by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for the Bachelor of Science in degree of Nursing program and the Master of Science in degree of Nursing program .
The Related Degree of Nursing program at the Columbus location is also officially recognized with conditions given by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing . Officially recognition gives freedom from doubt to the prospective students and public that standards of quality education has been met.