Potential First Med/Surg Position after LTC - little experience

[arallenrn11]

So this question, or set of questions, falls under a couple of categories really. I graduated a year ago and was hired on at a LTC facility working on a dementia unit. As such, I have learned very little in the way of what I call "technical nursing skills." Not sure what else to call this. Give me a psychosocial issue and I'm on it. Anything else and I'm pretty much lost. I'm being brutally honest here.

I have an interview for a Med/Surg position coming up. (Yay, I'm super excited!) My concern is not so much about the interview, as I feel I have prepared well for that. What I'm concerned about is how my lack of hands-on experience will play out in orientation. I want this potential employer to understand what level I'm at. I want the support I need be able to improve my knowledge and skills. When I started my current job I was given less than 2 weeks orientation before starting on my own as a charge nurse, as a new grad. For me personally, this was inadequate. Now I've reached that point where I'm no longer considered a new-grad but not really experienced. My lack of experience is a huge insecurity of mine. To elaborate, our unit has no caths, no hoyers (by policy), no IV's...no acute issues to speak of. One of my superiors pretty much laughed at me when I pointed out during a skills validation recently that I've never removed sutures. My response was, "I was hired as a new-grad and work on the "(name of unit)." Everyone laughed because it was then obvious why I had never taken out sutures.

I don't appreciate when people mock my inexperience. I just want to be supported. If I get the position I will be interviewing for, I want to know that I will be given every opportunity to succeed. I want to learn. I want to work hard. How do I voice this to the manager who will be interviewing me? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!