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gopms t1_iubqskq wrote

Reply to comment by unlikedemon in The Good Nurse (2022) by ThrowawayThestral

But they did also show that she was struggling with money. She clearly had a hard time paying the price for the tests and she was a week behind on paying the babysitter. She also said that she was sorry her daughter couldn’t have as much as her friends. So the point still stands that the movie depicts nurses as not making much money. According to the internet nurses in New Jersey make an average of $88,000 a year. There is no reason to think Amy would make less than average at that stage in her career and working in the ICU. Not enough to live lavishly but enough to pay the babysitter.

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-lover-of-books- t1_iugy97l wrote

That may be the wage now, but definitely not in 2003, when this took place. And factor in being a single mom, with a medical conditions she had for a while with expensive tests and specialists and medications, plus a house and a babysitter she has to pay. I can very much believe she would struggle to make ends meet. Nurses only recently are starting to be paid a wage that reflects the work we put in.

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gopms t1_iuhc8d6 wrote

A) the wage would be different but so would the cost of living so presumably she was making the equivalent of the average wage then which would go (at least) as far as it does now. B) my comment was in response to someone who seemed to be disputing that Amy was struggling financially (in response to someone who thought that was unrealistic given what nurses make) so I was pointing out that the film shows she was struggling financially (presumably for all the reasons you point out).

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