Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Centennial, CO
Care Career
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Schedule & Requirements

• Position: PCU/IMC Float Pool RN
• Shift: 12-Hour Nights (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM)
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours/week
• Contract Length: 13 Weeks
• Floating Required: Yes – must float throughout Zone 1 facilities:
  • Penrose Hospital
  • St. Francis Medical Center
  • St. Francis InterQuest
  • St. Mary Corwin
  • St. Thomas More
• Scheduling: Facility-created schedule released 4–6 weeks in advance
• Charting System: Epic
• Radius Rule: 60 miles (Driver's License required for verification)

Required Experience

• Minimum 2 years of recent PCU/IMC experience
• Experience managing:
  • Cardiac drips
  • Insulin drips
  • Ativan drips
  • Heparin drips
• Comfortable with:
  • Titrating vasoactive medications
  • Cardiac monitoring and telemetry
  • Stepdown/Progressive Care patient management
• Preferred:
  • Neuro experience
  • Epic experience

Required Certifications

• BLS (AHA)
• ACLS (AHA)
• NIHSS
• Active RN License

Key Responsibilities

• Provide care for PCU/IMC patients across multiple specialty units.
• Monitor and manage patients with cardiac, neuro, oncology, renal, orthopedic, trauma, surgical, and medical diagnoses.
• Titrate and manage:
  • Dopamine
  • Dobutamine
  • Cardizem
  • Amiodarone
  • Insulin
  • Heparin
  • Ativan
• Perform continuous telemetry monitoring and dysrhythmia assessment.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care.
• Float between multiple facilities and units based on staffing needs.
• Care for low-acuity ICU holds when assigned within skill set.
• Support patient care in PCU, Stepdown, and Med-Surg Telemetry environments.