Associate Degree in Nursing

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 Butler Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Selective admission for the traditional ADN (El Dorado admits every semester, Winfield every fall) and Advanced Standing LPN to RN cohorts. Traditional prerequisites: English Comp I, General Psychology, Anatomy and Physiology and College Algebra with C or higher plus a TEAS composite at or above the national benchmark; Advanced Standing adds an active Kansas PN license, Pathophysiology, Developmental Psychology, Therapeutic Nutrition and a 2.8 prerequisite GPA. Deadlines May 20 for the following fall and September 20 for the following spring. Hybrid delivery, 69 credit hours, total program cost listed as $11,182; clinical requirements must be met before the first day of class.

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 Butler Community College. Open a category to see each one.

Paths

Routes into ADN. The first step is where you enroll today.

Pre-Nursing to RN

Community college ADN pathway

Pre-Nursing ADN

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

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Pre-Nursing to RN

HSI community college ADN pathway

Pre-Nursing ADN

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

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CNA Exam Prep to RN

Community college ADN pathway

CNA Prep ADN

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

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Georgia CNA to RN

Community college ADN pathway

CNA ADN

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

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