Progressive Care Unit RN
Anderson, IN
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse Progressive Care Unit. Provides specialized, patient-centered nursing care to medically complex patients requiring close monitoring, frequent assessment, and telemetry outside of intensive care. The role requires strong clinical judgment, critical thinking, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team in a fast-paced setting.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse with an active nursing license. Ability to provide care for patients requiring telemetry, frequent monitoring, intravenous medications, central lines, peripherally inserted central catheters, oxygen therapy, and other progressive care interventions.
• Additional Information:
  • Provide comprehensive respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and hemodynamic assessments.
  • Monitor cardiac rhythms, vital signs, and laboratory results; recognize patient deterioration and escalate care as needed.
  • Administer medications safely and manage intravenous drips in accordance with applicable clinical policies.
  • Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans.
  • Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, case management, and other disciplines.
  • Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatments, medications, and discharge instructions.
  • Accurately document assessments, interventions, and patient responses in the electronic medical record.
  • Follow infection prevention protocols, fall precautions, and patient safety standards.
  • Care for a 26-bed unit serving cardiac, neurological, stroke, dialysis, postoperative, respiratory, and general medical-surgical overflow patients.
  • Assignment dates: 11/30/2026 through 02/28/2027.

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