Questions about working in the ED

Hi everyone!
I've been working on a Med/Surg floor for a year and I think that I'm already burn out. It's too much going on at the same time and I feel underpay for all the work that I do. So, I've been thinking about applying for an ER position, which is also stressful, but at least I'll get pay more.
What are some pros and cons about working in the ER?
What shift is better? days or nights?
Are you happy with your salary?
Thank you for your help!

There is no better shift. Days, evenings, or nights can busy or slow.

Pros of the ER:
The patients don't stay very long (or at least they shouldn't).
Something different each day.
You get to give all sorts of meds and gain tons of skills.
The physician is available immediately to answer any questions you have and won't get mad and yell at you when you ask them a question at 0200.
ER nurses are generally well respected.

Cons:
Patients can range from the sniffles to the critically ill and you never know what the diagnosis is off the bat.
Some patients come in and you have no idea what led to the condition they are in now. They may be unconscious and you don't know their name.
The stress of having a completely full ER and having not having a bed for the gunshot wound and the cardiac arrest coming in at the same time. At least on the floor you can say no when the unit is hopping. In the ER you have to take em as they come. No excuses.
Drug/attention seeking patients. If they make it to a med-surg floor they at least have to be a little sick. Some patients come to the ER just to score some narcotics and a meal.


I find ER stressful, but what nursing job isn't?