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 Coffeyville Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
Ladder program at the Coffeyville Technical Campus: year one is the Practical Nurse program (active CNA certificate required for acceptance) and year two is the ADN, which requires a Kansas or compact PN license or a Kansas Paramedic license (Paramedic to ADN bridge also offered). Nursing applications are accepted once per year from January to early May; a pre admission exam is required (type and score are in the application packet, not stated on the page). ADN catalog prerequisites: General and Developmental Psychology, A&P, Microbiology, Technical Math, English Comp I and Speech; 66 credit degree. 2023 NCLEX pass rates 100% PN and 100% ADN.
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 Coffeyville Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
8
Entrance exams
1
Certifications
2
Health and background checks
3
Application basics
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
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.



