annalynRN

Thank you for your reply. Did you get the hospital job? I think I am just worried that the recruiter might not able to understand why I want to leave my current job in LTC if I want to specialize in Geriatrics in the future.

Hi all, I have a phone interview next week and I know the nurse recruiter will ask me the reason why I want to leave my current job. To give you a background, I graduated nursing school in June 2011 and quit my PCT job at the hospital because of my newborn and NCLEX preparation. When my daughter turned 1 and when I passed my NCLEX in January 2012, I applied for jobs and to the previous hospital where I used to work at, but no luck at all. Finally, I applied to a LTC facility in July 2012 and got the job. Now, when there's an opening on my previous unit in the hospital which is Acute Care of the elderly unit which is still link to Geriatric nursing, I'm having a hard time to think of a reason why I want to leave my current job at LTC. I know in my heart that I would like to specialize geriatrics but I want to learn more and I know that in the hospital I will learn more about nursing. Do you guys think that if I say "the reason I'm leaving my RN position at this LTC is because of lack of opportunity to grow as a nurse." Would that be a valid reason? I don't want to make any negative remarks about my current job because it's a good place to work and I like my co-workers. i learned lots of skills from this place but I really want to get back to hospital to learn more. Please help. Thank you in advance.

I hope somebody will answer your question because I am in the same situation.