Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire ADN-prepared registered nurses to provide and coordinate direct patient care, administer treatments, and educate patients across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings.
Getting in
What Blackhawk Technical College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Health insurance
Waiting list admission: students reach core ready status after HESI (composite 75, A&P 75, math 75, reading 75, critical thinking 800) and pre core courses (Nursing Assistant within 5 years with C, English Composition I C, General A&P B, Intro to Psychology C, plus high school or college chemistry); testing valid 3 years. Admits 32 full time and 8 part time per semester, fall and spring. 65 credit four semester program, estimated tuition $10,969; background check, drug test and proof of health insurance before clinicals.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Blackhawk Technical College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
6
Entrance exams
5
Health and background checks
3
Application basics
1
Paths
Routes into ADN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
Community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find community college ADN programs that fit your goals, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years
Pre-Nursing to RN
HSI community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find ADN programs at Hispanic Serving Institutions, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years
CNA Exam Prep to RN
Community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start by preparing for your CNA exam, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a community college ADN program.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years
Georgia CNA to RN
Community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse in Georgia? Start with your CNA, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a Georgia ADN program.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years