“Just remember a starting ICU nurse barely gets $15 an hour”
Where? In Atlanta, new RN graduates (not necessarily new ER nurses) start at $25/hr and up.
https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/atlanta-new-grad-rn-salary-SRCH_IL.0,7_IM52_KO8,19.htm
That’s the big city. Look at wages in the rural hospitals