Anonymousnurse

Hello, New nurse here looking for advice... I'm thinking of resigning before finishing my orientation. I'm a new grad RN and this is my first nursing job. I'm orienting at an LTC/rehab facility. I work nights 11 p- 7a. There are roughly 60-70 patients. When hired, I was given the impression that on my shift, there would be 2 RNs and we would split the patient load. However, I've learned that for financial reasons, currently they are having only one RN at night, hence a 1:60 ratio. And there are only 3 aides. Also, there is usually at least one dementia patient who keeps trying to get out of bed so they need 1:1 observation to prevent them from falling so that takes one of the aides away. So therefore I often have to answer call bells and do some other aide duties because they have to watch over a patient. I have a midnight med pass and a 5 am med pass, which is mostly thyroid meds. Plus I usually have to give several PRN tylenol & narcotics throughput the night. I don't feel safe at all doing this shift as a new nurse with this patient load. While orienting, there has been another nurse there with me and we've been splitting the patient load so I've only had to take care of 30 patients. Even with just the 30, I have no time for a break and I'm running around all night I usually have to stay late to finish my nursing notes. If there's a patient fall or any other incident during the night it's complete chaos. I'll be finishing my orientation soon and I'm thinking of resigning as I don't feel that I'm giving safe nursing care and I don't feel that it's worth making a mistake and losing my license. I'm looking for advice since I'm afraid leaving so soon will hurt my chances of finding a future job. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.