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 North Florida College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
Limited-access AS Degree in Registered Nursing (72 vocational credit hours, full time) with a summer start; the program brochure (https://www.nfc.edu/academics/career-and-workforce/allied-health/brochures-2025/RN%20Rack%20Card%20-%20Spring%202024.pdf) lists an application window of July 1 to October 1. Steps: advisor appointment, NFC application with $20 fee, official high school and college transcripts, basic skills test plus HESI Admission Assessment (about $60) by the deadline, then the online RN program application. Prerequisite courses and GPA minimums are not stated on the public pages (they live in the ADN student handbook).
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 North Florida College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
5
Entrance exams
1
Certifications
1
Health and background checks
4
Application basics
3
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