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 Tidewater Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- CPR certification
Separate competitive application; windows June 15-Aug 15 for spring (January) cohort and Dec 15-Feb 15 for fall (August) cohort; mandatory 2-hour nursing information session before applying. Admissions booklet (Sept 2025): TEAS taken within 2 years and submitted with application, minimum 2.5 GPA in nursing prerequisite courses (BIO 141, ENG 111, PSY 230, SDV 101, MTH 154/155) with C or better and sciences within 6 years; official transcripts; background check and CPR after acceptance. LPN-to-RN bridge and Paramedic/RT-to-RN options; ESCC cooperative site admits one fall cohort.
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 Tidewater Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
6
Entrance exams
1
Certifications
1
Health and background checks
3
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
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
