Healthcare careers

Build once.Climb the ladder.

Choose a first step that keeps your RN goal open — then carry one living account of documents, goals, and applications up every rung, from CNA to RN. No retyping. No dead ends.

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Students across NY & NJ are already exploring healthcare pathways on PathwayRN — free, no account required to start.

  • You control when your packet is sent.
  • Schools receive documents only when you choose to apply.
  • Your packet stays useful for the next credential, not just this one.

One packet · whole career

CNA → LPN → RN

Applications

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  1. 01

    CNA

    Start here

    Your packet

    • Photo ID
    • Diploma / GED
    • Transcript
    • Harbor CNA—
    • Metro Skills—
    • Queens Care—
    CNA Start here — sending your packet to Harbor CNA, Metro Skills, Queens Care.
  2. 02

    LPN

    Move up
    Next

    Queens Practical · Brooklyn Allied · Metro LPN

    LPN Move up — upcoming rung.
  3. 03

    RN

    Your goal
    Next

    Metro Health · City RN · Harbor Nursing

    RN Your goal — upcoming rung.

Now climbing to CNA — same documents, next rung of your ladder.

The problem

The talent exists. The routing fails.

The nursing shortage isn't only too few seats. Every year, people who want healthcare careers are lost before they reach a classroom — to confusion about the ladder, a wrong first credential, repetitive applications, and a single rejection. Pathway is the routing layer that closes that gap.

For students

  • You re-upload the same transcript for every program.
  • A fast first credential can quietly block RN later.
  • No single place shows what's done, missing, or next.

For schools

  • Applicants arrive incomplete — staff chase the same documents.
  • Readiness and long-term intent stay invisible in the inbox.
  • Repeat applicants look like strangers every cycle.

The path

Pick the first rung that keeps RN open.

Pathway shows the ladder before you commit — so a shortcut today doesn't block the credential you actually want.

  1. 01

    CNA

    Start earning

  2. 02

    LPN

    Bridge up

  3. 03

    RN

    Your goal

Nursing students practicing vital signs in a skills lab

Real training, real paperwork

Compare programs that fit your life — not just your deadline.

Schedule, cost, and pathway consequences in one place. Build the packet once at home; send it when you're ready.

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For schools

Fill scarce seats with applicants who arrive ready — and stay.

Pathway surfaces pathway intent, readiness, and documents before the cycle closes — so scarce seats fill with students likely to enroll and persist. Signal, not lead-gen.

For schools
  • You control when your packet is sent.
  • Schools receive documents only when you choose to apply.
  • Your packet stays useful for the next credential, not just this one.
Program examples on this site use mock data for demonstration. Confirm costs, accreditation, and admission requirements directly with each school before you apply.
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