Progressive Care Unit RN
Kansas City, MO
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit. The position provides care for adult and geriatric patients requiring progressive monitoring and complex medical-surgical interventions. Responsibilities include cardiac monitoring, emergency response, medication management, intravenous therapy, respiratory support, and collaboration with interdisciplinary care teams.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 48 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience; American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications required.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience and teaching hospital experience preferred.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Provides care across progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical telemetry, neuro stepdown, and emergency department holding areas. Clinical responsibilities include interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, telemetry monitoring, rapid response participation, post-cardiac and post-angiogram care, cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery care, intravenous insulin protocols, feeding tube management, hemodialysis care, renal failure management, blood product administration, central and peripheral line care, peripherally inserted central catheter management, intravenous starts, heparin protocols, cardiac drip management, patient-controlled analgesia, procedural sedation, cerebrovascular accident care, peripheral nerve block catheter care, total joint replacement care, surgical drain management, chest tube management, continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure support, high-flow nasal cannula, tracheostomy management, isolation precautions, and wound care. Eight weekend shifts are required during the six-week scheduling period.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits