How long should I stay?

This may seem premature, but I was wondering how long I should stay at my first real nursing job. I want to build a good resume so I can get a nice job down the road. I just started my first nursing job and I am in orientation, but I can tell already it isn't something I will really enjoy and it won't allow me to build very many skills. I am working in long term care and my first night was really boring and the only thing I really did nursing-wise was apply anti-fungal creams, passing medications, and tube feedings. Now, I'm not completely a pessimist, I will probably have good experiences, but I did my preceptorship on a busy hospital floor and this was 180 degrees.

The things I honestly don't like about this job are: using little of my nursing skills and BSN knowledge base, over 30 patients to give meds and treatments to which means I don't truly have time to look up all of the meds I don't know... that makes it tough for a new grad, and paper charting. I just think I could get better experience as a new grad in a hospital.


Anyway, how long should I wait it out before starting to look for another job? Even if I do wait say, 6 months or even a year, will it look like good experience for a med-surg job at a hospital? Will this help with getting a job? When should I start looking for a better job? This economy is killing me, I couldn't wait around for hospitals to call me so I took this job, I want it to look good on a resume but I'm still wet behind the ears so I need advice. Thanks in advance!