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 Northeast Iowa Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- CPR certification
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
- Health insurance
ATI TEAS composite 58.7 or higher (within 5 years, $70 exam), prerequisites A&P I and II, Dosage Calculations and Nutrition with C- or better within 5 years, Accuplacer/ALEKS placement; no deadline, students are ranked on a waitlist by the date all requirements are complete and offered seats for fall or spring starts at Calmar or Peosta. Before the first nursing course: 75 hour CNA course plus Direct Care Worker registry tests, CPR (AHA BLS), mandatory reporter, CastleBranch background check, drug test, physical and immunizations, annual health insurance proof. Estimated total ADN cost $23,335 in state ($16,368 tuition and fees, 2024-25 rates); five year NCLEX pass rate 90%.
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 Northeast Iowa Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
6
Entrance exams
2
Certifications
2
Health and background checks
6
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