Nursing Residency post-Covid

[KittyD]

I will graduate my BSN program in 1 year, but due to Covid, my in-person clinical experience has been very limited. I want to get more clinical experience after graduation, but don't want to limit myself to a specific residency discipline until I get more general nursing experience. Is there such a thing as a general nursing residency or are they all discipline-specific? I would really appreciate some guidance. Can anyone help? Thanks!

[Hannahbanana, BSN, MSN]

Given the number of older nurses who are hanging up their Danskos and leaving hospitals now, I don’t think you’ll have much trouble finding work, and that’s where you’ll get your bedside experience. The biggest subset of bedside work is good old general medical-surgical adults. You might get lucky and find a place that will let you rotate around the house for a few months at a crack, but I think you might have to figure this out on your own. More or less how we did back before there were nursing “externships,”  “capstones,” and the like.
You can do it. For what it’s worth, after one year of work post graduation, most every new grad has acquired enough familiarity to have transferable skills. 

[Star1derful]

On 6/26/2021 at 5:20 PM, KittyD said:

I will graduate my BSN program in 1 year, but due to Covid, my in-person clinical experience has been very limited. I want to get more clinical experience after graduation, but don't want to limit myself to a specific residency discipline until I get more general nursing experience. Is there such a thing as a general nursing residency or are they all discipline-specific? I would really appreciate some guidance. Can anyone help? Thanks!

I am in the same boat except I will grad with my ASN.  Then I want to do a residency then apply for an RN to MSN bridge. I had no clinical experience besides fundamentals and covid hit.  I am nervous yet eager to find a residency to get some experience.