Is this nursing home typical - first night?

Hi Casi:
Yes just the trainer and me.

Thanks everybody for the feedback!

Well so far I have worked 5 nights. But I don't want to continue there.
There are some new admits - a husband and a wife. They both have dementia. They put them in rooms next to each other because they don't have a room for them that isn't covered by Medicare - apparently the only room available is a non-Medicare room. So naturally they are upset at not being in the same room - they were also committed by the court/DSS against their will.
The husband was verbally belligerent and kept coming up to the nurses station and yelling about stuff and was rude. The staff made fun of him right to his face and he could tell what was going on. I can understand people being frustrated with him but not to his face! The CNAs and nurses also went on a couple long smoking breaks - I asked who is watching the halls - they said "Oh the patients will be ok".

Believe me I know how hard the CNAs work, they do esp. for the low pay! And they are good about doing their rounds and making sure the people are dry. But you can't even find a higher paid nurse and a person needed medication as they were in pain and there was no nurse out of 7 to be found - it seems at least 1 should be available.

This place is chronically short-staffed, there are never enough people to make their goal of 2 people on a hall. As others have said, this isn't good for the workers and definitely not good for the patients.