Nurses in the US are actually very highly paid. Ask anyone how their week was. They'll all say it was crap.

Exactly, ask anyone in a job for the money how their week was.

Not saying nursing is stress free, or every nurse is bad, but like tech companies in 2021, it's full of directionless people who pushed through the cert program to get paid $50/hr with $100/hr weekend shifts and be disgruntled with you that you are making them do work.