Progressive Care Unit RN
Yakima, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Progressive Care Unit (PCU) position on a day shift providing care for patients with complex medical, cardiac, pulmonary, and post-procedure needs. The role requires skilled cardiac monitoring, management of titratable medications, and compassionate care for diverse and underserved patient populations.

Job Details

• Schedule: Days, 7:00 a.m.7:00 p.m.; 12-hour shifts; minimum 36 hours per week. Weekend rotation of at least two weekends per month may be required based on operational needs.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Minimum 1 year of professional nursing experience, including at least 1 year in a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) for first-time travelers; first-time travelers must have at least 2 years of total experience.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
  • Proficiency in tracheostomy care, chest tube management, transradial (TR) band care, post-cardiac catheterization care, central line maintenance, and general nursing.
  • Ability to read, interpret, and measure cardiac rhythms.
  • Experience caring for patients receiving bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) and high-flow oxygen.
  • Comfort caring for cardiac patients and titrating diltiazem, amiodarone, heparin, digoxin, bumetanide, and furosemide.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient populations include general medical, cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, renal, infectious, oncology, and post-cardiac catheterization cases.
  • Responsibilities may include care for patients with diabetes, gastrointestinal and genitourinary conditions, coronavirus disease, pneumonia, altered mental status, transient ischemic attack, acute kidney injury, dehydration, alcohol-related conditions, syncope, chronic kidney disease, sepsis, stroke, dialysis needs, pulmonary edema, anemia, shock, hypoxia, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, and chest pain.
  • High-volume post-cardiac catheterization care includes transradial band management, stent-placement recovery, and fresh catheterization patients requiring checks every 15 minutes. Arterial line management is not required.
  • Oncology patients may be treated, although chemotherapy administration is not generally required unless specifically indicated.
  • Approximately 30% of patients speak Spanish, and the role serves a significant underserved population requiring compassionate care.
  • Electronic medical record documentation experience is required. Scrub color is unrestricted.

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