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Specializes in Critical Care and ED.

Can anyone help? I have an interview with a facility in Texas today, and I need to know what average wage to expect for an RN in ICU with 10 years experience. I have no idea what I should be expected to ask for. Also, what does MICU and SICU stand for? We don't have these abbreviations in the UK. Thanx!

I'm not panicking...oh no...not me! :o

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Salary varies from place to place and not being from TX, I can only give a ballpark. Staff position w/ 10 yrs experience should probably expect a base pay of approx. $25/hr without differentials. (Am I close Texans?) :confused:

MICU is Medical Intensive Care Unit and

SICU is Surgical Intensive Care Unit (usually)

Hope this helps you and good luck with your interview! :cool:

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I am in East Texas and our wages are not as high as Dallas or Houston but someone with your experience here could expect close to $30/hr as we pay more for critical care areas. There are night and weekend diffs too. Some of our nurses earn $80+/yr in MICU or SICU or NICU. We have 350+ beds

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Specializes in Critical Care and ED.

Oh wow! Thank you guys...that sounds perfect. I'm laughing about not knowing what a MICU and SICU was...we don't have this problem in the UK. I work in a Med/Surg ICU in England but we just call it ICU...not all these fancy names you Americans have! LOL. Wages sound good...hope I can match that as that's just under what I earn now but I have to pay for the standard of living in London. Should manage quite well on that. Thanks a lot...I'll let you know if I get the job.

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