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 Shoreline Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Immunizations
- Health insurance
- CPR certification
TEAS minimum 70% in every section (NLN-NEX composite 145 accepted until Winter 2028); no GPA cutoff, admission is by points (most successful applicants have 90+ points) from 8 prerequisite grades, work/volunteer, language, military and prior degree. Three cycles a year: Winter start opens Aug 15 closes Oct 3, Spring start opens Nov 15 closes Jan 10/11, Fall start opens Jan 15 closes Apr 3; $20 processing fee. Full-time 6-quarter option, part-time 11-quarter option (Fall only, every other year) and LPN-to-RN bridge; background check, immunizations, health insurance and AHA BLS due after admission.
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 Shoreline Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
8
Entrance exams
2
Certifications
1
Application basics
3
Experience
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