AmeliaDean

Go anywhere BUT Chamberlain. You would think I would be counting down the days until I can become a nurse like I've been climbing mountains to achieve but with this schools like every step you take, you feel further away from the finish line. I learned about this school from a colleague while I was applying to another nursing program out of state. She described Chamberlain as a self-paced and she actually enjoyed it which was rare to hear about nursing school. She admitted feeling apprehensive about entering nursing herself even though she was one of the smartest people I've come across and even with her experience in the field. But nursing is a BEAST and to come out on the other end is rewarding in itself. But it doesn't need to be, which I always thought that. Why burn out students before they get there? Most schools don't realize their students are already working 12s, getting reports practically being nurses, which is why alot of people choose a program like this. It's supposed to be heavy because its condensed, but the institution has the power to be the program that sticks out. The school's philosophy seemed to be that, although the program is demanding, they would provide support every step of the way. However, since starting, I've noticed all my previous instructors have run for the hills. While faculty turnover is expected, at the Jersey campus, which is just one building in a field, news travels fast. It seems the administration can replace departing teachers easily with their leads and deans, but they know students are too financially committed to the program to protest changes made every term. So we're their lab rats. For a school that charges for a wellness course aimed at preventing "Nurse student burnout," you'd expect less pressure in an 8-week semester with no real breaks. Yet, as we approach the end, it feels like the support has vanished. Nursing school is inherently challenging, and we experience emotional stress comparable to medical and law students. But this institution advertises a "unique" curriculum on all its platforms I had to unfollow because its not true. Go to the campuses, interview the students. They increase tuition and uses us as guinea pigs while they struggle to maintain accreditation. To illustrate, we might finish a semester on Thursday, with the last clinical day possibly on Saturday or Sunday, and by the next Monday or Tuesday, we're thrust into a new class. Expected! But It's as if we've transferred to a completely different school which is not supposed to be the case. We're in the same room but bombarded with new policies—policies we're already aware of through rumors, as the school doesn't bother to inform us via email. We're left to adapt on the fly. And I understand, thats like any hospital or workplace but I'm not getting paid. In fact they increased tuition so I needed to make outside adjustments and now with the grading policies and everything else changing, I need to change around work too so I'm trying to figure out how to pass school and pay for it. So no, Chamberlain is not a good school. Whatever they promise you and tell you is likely to change within a month of being there guaranteed. It's not about the hardness of the program, I expected this! But there's no consistency, there's no emotional support or care from the teachers, they are changing what they want and do want for assignments and its messing with grades. Teachers make you do work not counted towards your grades already knowing we don't have time. It's a mess. But hey, at least they offer night classes (there's no resources at night).