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 College of Southern Nevada asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
Nursing (RN) is a limited entry program: applications due March 1 for summer and fall admission and September 1 for spring admission, $20 non-refundable fee per program. Applicants must complete a Limited Entry Workshop with an 80% quiz score, meet with a Health Programs Advisor within two years of the deadline and finish all program minimum requirements before the deadline; program-specific exam, GPA and prerequisite details are not on this page.
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 College of Southern Nevada. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
10
Entrance exams
1
Certifications
1
Application basics
4
Experience
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
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
