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 Nightingale College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Immunizations
- Background check
- Drug screen
- CPR certification
Nightingale has no generic pre-licensure ADN; its only associate program is the LPN-to-ASN (requires LPN/LVN license). $150 non-refundable application fee (waivers for PN diploma alumni and active duty). Application deadline for Spring 2027 is Oct. 25, 2026 11:59 p.m. MT; semester begins Jan. 11, 2027. Designed for 4 academic semesters (48 nursing credits over 60 weeks plus 20 general education credits); tuition $825 per semester credit. General undergraduate admissions requires official transcripts, high school proof, entrance exam, immunizations, background check, drug screen and CPR.
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 Nightingale College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
3
Entrance exams
2
Application basics
2
Prep courses
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.
Ivette
BSN student at Nightingale College
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Leslie Ann
BSN grad 2026 · LVN before RN · California
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Stephanie
ED staff to BSN student · Nightingale College · WA
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Maria Shander
Nightingale College nursing student · New Jersey
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Tenaye
Future L and D nurse at Nightingale College · Washington
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Nursing student
Nursing student · Journey to BSN RN · TX
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