Are there residency programs that accept people who graduated more than 2 years ago?

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Hi,

I've read a lot of threads about RN Residency programs, internships, etc., but after looking some of the programs up myself, most of them require you to have graduated within the past 2 years. I graduated with a BSN May 2009 and didn't take my boards. I had to take that time away but now I'm studying and wow, I kind of feel like i'm starting all over. I should have taken them right away. Its soo overwhelming.

Even if I do pass the boards, a huge fear of mine is what happens when I go to look for a job or once they hire me; what then? I actually feel like I'm more worried about what happens then; when I pass them rather than actually passing. Yes, it is a whole lot of work studying and there are soo many days, weeks, where my motivation is pretty much just missing. Part of what I think holds me back, my enthusiasm and motivation for giving everything I have into passing the exam, is actually that fear. Who is going to want to hire an RN who just passed her boards after graduating 2 years ago and who hasn't worked in a hospital or healthcare setting since?

Most of the programs offered are for those within that window. It would be great to find a place that, regardless of how long ago I graduated, would let me go through the residency/new grad/internship program. I mean, how else am I going to do it? I'm pretty sure hospitals don't hire people like me without putting them through a program, right? At least I know if it were me on that hospital bed and a newly licenced RN walked in that hadn't gone through some kind of program, that I'd be very very nervous and cautious. I dont know about anybody else?

There is a huge chance that I'm missing something, some type of information or "how to" about this whole thing. I enjoy reading about men/women who graduated years ago (like years ago) 'and actually got a job. If that's you, how did you do it?

If there are any people with ideas or thoughts for me, that would be greatly appreciated.

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