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

Job Summary

Progressive Care Unit (PCU) position supporting patients across progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical, and Emergency Department holding areas. The role involves floating within the scope of practice and caring for patients with medical, surgical, cardiac, neurological, and respiratory conditions. The assignment is scheduled for day shifts of 12 hours, totaling 36 hours per week.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week; shift times are 7:00 a.m.7:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.7:30 a.m. Schedules are created in three-week increments and provided 710 days before the schedule begins. Weekend rotation is every other weekend, with occasional back-to-back weekends.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 1 year of experience; Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; telemetry competency; experience with intravenous medication titration, cardiac rhythm interpretation, bilevel positive airway pressure management, ostomy care, drains, tracheostomy care, chest tubes, and lumbar drains.
• Preferred Qualifications: Progressive Care Unit (PCU), telemetry, and previous float pool experience; experience with transradial compression bands.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient assignments may include progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical, and Emergency Department holding areas.
  • Common patient populations include neurological, trauma, surgical, medical, respiratory, cardiac, renal, orthopedic, and sepsis cases.
  • Cardiac care may include patients recovering from coronary artery bypass grafting or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, as well as patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, femoral-popliteal procedures, pacemakers, ablations, post-catheterization care, and chest pain observation.
  • Typical ratios are 1:4 in progressive care and 1:56 in medical-surgical assignments.
  • Responsibilities include completing hourly rounding, documenting care, providing bedside reports, and maintaining accurate medication documentation.
  • Saline flushes are treated as medication and must not be left at the bedside or in scrub pockets. Medication wastage requires verification by two nurses.
  • Pain must be documented before and after pain medication administration, with reassessment at 30 minutes for intravenous medication and 1 hour for oral medication.
  • Orientation includes general orientation, progressive care unit orientation, and additional unit orientation.
  • Assignment dates are 01/25/2027 through 04/24/2027.

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