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Travel Nurse RN - Progressive Care Unit - $2,358 per week in Louisville, KY

Malone Healthcare

  • Louisville, KY
  • 3 days ago
  • $2,358

Highlights

Provide nursing care on a mixed-acuity ortho trauma unit (16 beds) with a 1:5 RN-to-patient ratio, caring for post-surgical, trauma, and elective surgery patients including MVA, GSW, blunt/penetrating trauma, amputations, and complex surgical cases. Perform and manage clinical skills including blood administration, skeletal and buck's traction, wound care, wound vac management, JP/CT drains, heparin drips, insulin drips, high-flow oxygen, and stable BiPAP.

Numbers & Facts

LocationLouisville, KY
Salary$2,358

Description

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide nursing care on a mixed-acuity ortho trauma unit (16 beds) with a 1:5 RN-to-patient ratio, caring for post-surgical, trauma, and elective surgery patients including MVA, GSW, blunt/penetrating trauma, amputations, and complex surgical cases
  • Perform and manage clinical skills including blood administration, skeletal and buck's traction, wound care, wound vac management, JP/CT drains, heparin drips, insulin drips, high-flow oxygen, and stable BiPAP
  • Utilize Cerner EMR, Plum ICU Medical IV pumps, Omnicell medication dispensing, and Phillips monitoring systems
  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including CNAs, charge nurses, respiratory therapy (24/7), hospitalists, intensivists, specialists, and remote telemetry monitoring
  • May be responsible for lab collections when phlebotomy staffing is limited
  • Float to mixed-acuity units as needed; must be comfortable with Med-Surg to Stepdown level of care
Required Qualifications
  • Minimum 2 years of recent experience in a stepdown, telemetry, PCU, or higher-acuity setting (beyond Med-Surg only); 3 years preferred
  • Experience must include stepdown, tele, or documented exposure to higher-level-of-care patient assignments (e.g., floated to PCU with patient assignment)
  • Active RN license applicable in Kentucky
  • BLS certification required
  • NIHSS certification required
  • First-time travelers will not be considered for this position
Preferred Experience / Skills
  • 3 or more years of stepdown or PCU experience
  • Familiarity with Cerner EMR and Omnicell medication dispensing systems
  • Experience with PCA pump management (sapphire pump) and kangaroo pump
  • Prior travel nursing experience in a trauma or surgical setting
Why Join Us
  • Work within a team-oriented, collaborative unit culture that emphasizes patient safety, staff engagement, mutual respect, and professional accountability
  • Benefit from robust on-unit support including CNA coverage, vascular access team, sepsis and rapid response resources, respiratory therapy, and intensivist coverage - all available 24/7


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