I quit... already... advice?!?!

I just quit my first RN job, I was there a month... yeah only a month. I feel like I gave up but I do think it was the right decision. Before quitting I was having serious anxiety attacks and lack of sleep before mornings I had to work... I'm still anxious. I want some input and maybe words of encouragement. It was in a LTC facility. We had 120 beds, Nurse:Resident ratio was generally 1:25 or so on days, 1:40 on nights.

Now, the reasons I quit are as follows: all I got done doing was medication pass... that was the main focus, high ratios, not using as many assessment skills as I would like as a new grad, and the other nurses were encouraging me to cut corners. Now, from what I have read these things are common in LTC and that scares me. As the RN I would basically pass meds to my residents, then do an IV or something for an LPN, then try to do treatments... but would have to start another med pass, phone calls, family members, then run around and try to snag vitals for skilled assessments when I could find the resident I was looking for because they were rarely in their rooms... I was getting stressed out, felt overworked and underpaid, and frankly felt unsafe with such a high ratio. I commend nurses who can work LTC and honestly do a good job appropriately. I mean, if someone starts crashing your day is screwed... falls, which are somewhat common wipe out an hour... I mean I was behind all day anyway. I don't feel comfortable as a new grad giving a ton of meds that I don't have time to look up (I mean there were several I didn't know) and not within the proper time frame. Also everything was focused on "looking good for when state comes to inspect."

I hope it doesn't look bad for future potential employers, but I couldn't handle putting my license on the line every day like I felt I was... ultimately I am responsible, and I am not going to develope a bunch of bad habits to get an unreasonable work load done on time, it isn't fair to patients or to me. It was more than a new grad issue, it was a patient safety moral delimma.

Can anyone relate??? I have an interview Friday for a temporary job and am still trying to get on a med-surg floor... uuhhhggg new nurse blues.