Considering leaving college for a little bit..

So I'm considering not attending school for a little bit to figure out what I really want to do to prevent me going into more debt and to figure out who I am and what my purpose is. Right now I'm in nursing but I'm not 100% that that's the right path for me. But if I do stop attending college for a little bit when I decide to return do I have to take any kind of test to get back into college or do I just send in previous transcripts?