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 Piedmont Technical College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Competitive limited-enrollment program admitting 32 students for fall and for spring; fall entry applications May 1-16 (decisions mid June), spring entry Sept 1-16 (decisions mid October); only the first application is reviewed. Program-ready requirements: BIO 210, BIO 211, COL 103, ENG 101, MAT 120 or MAT 110 and PSY 201 with C or better and a 3.0 GPA across those courses, TEAS 65% or higher in both math and reading, good academic standing, transcripts and TEAS scores on file; points-based application worksheet. Major coursework takes four semesters after acceptance; ACEN accredited.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Paths
Routes into ADN. The first step is where you enroll today.
LPN to RN Bridge
LPN ADNAdvance from practical nursing to RN with bridge programs that credit your LPN coursework.
- Timeline
- 18 months
- State
- All states
Support available to Spanish learners
Antelope Valley Community College District
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CNA to ADN (Registered Nurse)
CNA ADNTurn your CNA experience into an associate nursing degree. The fastest route to RN licensure.
- Timeline
- 2 years
- State
- All states
Support available to Spanish learners
Snead State Community College
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Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
Tori
Practical Nursing grad · Piedmont Technical College · SC
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Andrea Smith
LPN in South Carolina · Piedmont Tech grad
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NurseJazzyBelle
Urgent care MA and master cosmetologist turned nursing student · GA
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Starr
Nursing student at Piedmont Tech · SC
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Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.