Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,900 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Kansas City, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/30/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 48 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit. This position provides care for adult and geriatric patients in progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical, and neuro stepdown settings. The assignment is scheduled from 11/30/2026 through 03/01/2027 and requires strong cardiac monitoring, emergency response, intravenous therapy, and complex patient-care skills.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, totaling 48 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certifications; an active Kansas and Missouri nursing license or compact nursing license at the time of submission.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience and teaching hospital experience.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Patient ratios are 1:5. The role supports adult and geriatric patients across progressive care, telemetry, medical-surgical, and neuro stepdown settings. Clinical responsibilities may include cardiac telemetry and dysrhythmia management, 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, phlebotomy, intravenous initiation, 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 care, continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure management, high-flow nasal cannula, tracheostomy care, isolation precautions, and wound care. Eight weekend shifts are required during the six-week schedule period. Holiday shifts and charge nurse assignments may be required based on unit needs.

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

Cross Country Job ID #1309759. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 48.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse / Progressive Care Unit

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus