Becky Campbell 7-7. Packer Essay. October 11 , 20Ao. Why Education is Important. Influential, exalted, and brilliant. These are three words that. describe the greatest universities in the world. The University of. Cambridge, Oxford University, Harvard, Berkeley, Yale, and the. Imperial College of London fall into the category of the world's best. schools.
RN Salary Range. According to May 2015 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the average annual salary for a critical care nurse was $98,190. The bottom 10% of critical care nurses earned an average of $70,540 a year, while the top-10% of ICU's earned $135,830 annually. Because of their specialized nature, advanced education and daily responsibilities, critical care nurses typically have higher earning potential than their traditional RN counterparts.
According to the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, only 67,040 CCRNs were working in the United States in 2014. Projected job growth for RNs in general is 19% between 2012 and 2022, which is faster than the 11% average for all positions.