what should i do?
my first night as a cna was absolutely insane. for some background, i just earned my cna license 3 weeks ago. the facility that hired me was very aware of this, even congratulating me once i got my paper copy in the mail. this place refers to itself as “luxury assisted living”, and it is very modern and really a beautiful building, almost looks like a country club. i had high hopes. i completed all the fun online modules and then was told when to come in for my floor training. i came in at 7pm for a 7pm-7am shift. the director of nursing walked me to the nurses station and introduced me to the other cnas and the nurses. the cna started giving me report and i half ass listened, looking around. everyone was grabbing their stuff to leave for the night. i asked who was training me. the cna laughs and says “nobody, you’re going to be on your own tonight. the girl that was going to train you quit today.” there are 120 residents in the building at the moment, minus memory care which has its own cna. meaning i would be in charge of answering all the call lights for these 120 residents with no idea of where any supplies are, who the patients are, and what equipment i needed. the cna then told me i needed a key fob and a phone with a certain app on it, none of this ever being explained to me before. i told her i had none of this. one girl left her key fob and said good luck. i grabbed my shit so fast and started leaving, one of the other cnas told me to stop and that she would stay, but only till 10pm and that someone would be coming in at 12am. i decided to try it out. it was a fucking disaster. i was hit, kicked, called slurs, and had to put at least 10 people to bed. it was absolutely horrific. a lot of these people needed more care beyond assisted living. one guy fell off the bed and i was warned to not go in his room because he “chokes women”. i damn near want to report this. my dilemma is, it took me a long time to get an interview with any cna job, i’m guessing because of my lack of experience. i don’t want to jeopardize my employment but that was nuts. does it sound like just a rough night or is this normal in the cna world?