RN FAQs

Once all admissions criteria has been completed:

• The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) degree is a two-year program leading to an Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Nursing which leads to your Registered Nurse (RN) licensure after the state board (NCLEX-RN) examination.

It is recommended to attend a meeting when you first become interested in nursing. For high school students, we urge students to attend the summer before their Senior year. Attending a meeting at an early stage will allow you to fully understand the admission criteria and prepare accordingly. Advisement may be offered after the information meeting on an individualized basis (official sealed transcripts from all college’s attended or applicable placement testing is required to be eligible for an individualized meeting). We will help you plan out your courses to meet criteria and inform you when you will be eligible to apply.

The nursing information meetings are normally held once or twice a month during the Fall and Spring semesters and once a month during Summer semesters. 

The TEAS test covers Reading, Math, Science, and English and it is recommended that you have college courses in these areas before attempting the TEAS test. The test consists of 170 questions with the breakdown as follows:

• Reading: 31%
  • Key ideas & details, craft & structure and integration of knowledge & ideas.
• Math: 22%
  • Number & Algebra, and Measurancement & Data.
• Science: 31%
  • Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life & Physical Sciences, and Scientific Reasoning.
• English: 16%
  • Conventions of standard English, Knowledge of language, and Vocabulary acquisition.

• Associate Degree Nursing (RN) admission requirements.
• Basic Nursing Assistant Certificate (BNA) admission requirements.

Applications are accepted Sept. 1-30 to start in the Spring semester and Feb. 1-28 to start in the Fall semester. 

Please refer to these documents on our Transfer Policy:

Nursing Program Transfer Credit Policy and Transfer Nursing Student Admission Policy & Criteria.

Students are notified via phone. Please ensure you keep your contact information up-to-date with the Admissions Office. If we are unable to contact a qualified applicant by phone, an email to the student's Kishwaukee College email address will be sent requesting the student to contact us before a certain date. If no contact has been made between the student and the Nursing Department, the students file will be closed.

For Fall admission, phone calls will begin in late March.  For Spring admission, phone calls will being in late October. Please be patient during this time period.

• Kishwaukee ADN Program: Students will be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN examination. Upon successful completion of this exam, students name will be placed on the Department of Professional Regulation’s Registry for Registered Nurse (RN).
• BNA Program: Students will be eligible to take the Illinois Nurse Assistant Training Competency Exam. Upon successful completion of this exam, the students name is placed on the Illinois Department of Public Health’s Health Care Worker Registry for Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA).