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 Marshalltown Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Immunizations
- CPR certification
Iowa Valley (MCC and ECC) runs a PN to ADN ladder: the ADN/RN year requires a copy of a current Practical Nursing license plus general education courses and a GPA requirement, so new students enter through the Practical Nursing diploma. PN entry: MCC application, HS or GED transcript, ACT/SAT or Accuplacer scores, college transcripts, Iowa CNA written and skills certification, Iowa Core Performance Standards form, prerequisites (Nutrition, A&P I and II, Microbiology, Human Growth and Development) with C- or better and 2.70 GPA, sciences within 10 years, and ATI TEAS minimums Reading 47.6, Math 46.7, Science 33, English 40 (waived with a bachelor's degree); TOEFL for foreign high school graduates. Applications accepted year round; nursing admissions folder due March 15 for full consideration; background check, physical, immunizations, CPR and mandatory reporter training after acceptance.
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 Marshalltown Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
8
Certifications
1
Health and background checks
5
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