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 Clackamas Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
- CPR certification
- Interview
Applies through NursingCAS (opens late August, CCC selectable from September 1) plus a CCC nursing application that opens in December; no closing date stated. 45 prerequisite credits (may apply with 30 completed, all 45 advised by end of fall term); point-based selection with the top 70-100 applicants invited to a panel interview; no entrance exam listed. Pass criminal background check and 10-panel drug screen, current vaccines, AHA BLS CPR. 30-36 students begin each fall; 107 credits over 2 years; cost listed as $8,760 tuition and fees plus $5,187 program course fees. NCLEX 96.55% for the 2022-24 cohort.
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 Clackamas Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
12
Certifications
2
Health and background checks
3
Application basics
5
Experience
2
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