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Chamberlain's 120-year history and dedicated staff provide the foundation for a quality nursing education. In fact, Chamberlain is one of the few schools with both NLNAC and CCNE accreditation.*

RN to BSN Program

If you're a RN looking to advance, you can now earn your BSN in as few as three semesters at Chamberlain College of Nursing. RN to BSN classes are flexible in eight-week online sessions, with no on-site clinical requirements. Generous transfer credits, tuition reimbursement and financial aid may also be available for those who qualify.

*Chamberlain College of Nursing is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association www.ncahlc.org, one of the six regional agencies that accredit U.S. colleges and universities at the institutional level. The bachelor of science in nursing degree program at the Columbus and St. Louis campuses are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). The bachelor of science in nursing degree program at the Addison, Columbus, Phoenix and St. Louis campuses is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Accreditation provides assurance to the public and to prospective students that standards of quality have been met. Program availability varies by location.

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Diary of a Nursing Student

by: Amanda Debons

When Whitney Dunbar graduates with a bachelor’s degree in health and nursing in June, she will be working triple the hours of normal nursing graduate because of her externship experience.

Dunbar, a senior nursing student at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, was one of thirty people chosen to participate in an externship program at Dayton’s Miami Valley Hospital in the Coronary Intensive Unit. Later, Dunbar was accepted into an extension of that externship program where she was one of three students chosen to continue working in the unit.

Dunbar, who chose to go into nursing because she enjoys taking care of others, said her nursing course load is heavy because professors may only have three hours to relay a large bulk of very specific information to students once a week.

Not only do the students have hours of lectures, they may have twice or more the hours of clinicals.

When preparing for a test, Dunbar starts studying a week ahead of time, for about four to six hours a day.

“The tests aren’t straight memorization from the notes,” she said. “You need to use critical thinking and know how to apply the information you learned to the scenario.”

Dunbar said the first time she worked with a patient, she was nervous to talk to them. “I was afraid I’d say something wrong or do something wrong,” she said. “As I’ve gotten more experience, I’m not nervous at all.”

Although she isn’t nervo

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