Bestica 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
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel Progressive Care Unit (PCU) RN – Kansas City, Missouri
Location: Kansas City, MO
Start Date: November 30, 2026
⏳ Contract Length: 13 Weeks
Shift: Nights | 3×12-hour shifts
⏰ Shift Timing: 6:45 PM – 7:15 AM
Minimum Experience: 2 Years
Charting System: Epic
Patient Ratio: 1:5
We’re seeking an experienced PCU Registered Nurse (RN) for a 13-week assignment in Kansas City, Missouri. This opportunity is open to first-time travelers with strong progressive care and cardiac telemetry experience.
✨ Assignment Highlights
- Night shifts: 3×12 hours
- Accepting candidates for 36 or 48 hours per week
- Patient ratio: 1:5
- Every-other-weekend scheduling, with 8 weekend shifts during the facility’s 6-week schedule period
- Floating required between intermediate care and emergency department units; floating between departments, units, and facilities may also be required
- No on-call requirement
- Free parking
- Orientation: 12 hours listed in unit details; 40 hours listed in the billing section
Your Role
- Care for medical-cardiac step-down patients, including those with chest pain, CHF, arrhythmias, and multiple-system diseases.
- Monitor cardiac rhythms and interpret and manage dysrhythmias.
- Provide pre- and post-procedure care for cardiac catheterization, angiograms, myocardial infarction, and cardiac surgery.
- Manage central lines, PICC lines, ports, peripheral IVs, and blood product administration.
- Administer and manage heparin protocols, cardiac drips, and vasoactive drips without titration.
- Monitor respiratory conditions and manage oxygen therapy, CPAP/BiPAP, high-flow nasal cannula, and chest tubes.
- Provide wound care, manage surgical drains, and follow isolation precautions.
- Respond to emergencies and collaborate with rapid response teams.
✅ Required Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years of RN experience.
- Current BLS certification.
- Experience in PCU, step-down, intermediate care, medical-surgical telemetry, and cardiac telemetry.
- Strong cardiac rhythm interpretation and dysrhythmia management skills.
- Experience with cardiac drips and vasoactive drips without titration.
- Experience with IV therapy, ports, central lines, PICC lines, and blood products.
- Experience with chest tubes, respiratory support, wound care, and emergency response.
- Experience caring for patients with renal failure and managing pre- and post-hemodialysis care.
- Ability to float as required.
⭐ Preferred Qualifications
- ACLS certification.
- Previous charge nurse experience.
- Epic charting experience.
- Teaching hospital experience.
Why Consider This Assignment?
- First-time travelers are accepted.
- Opportunity to work at a five-time Magnet-recognized, teaching, Level I trauma hospital.
- Free parking.
- Option to work 36 or 48 hours per week.
Important Contract Requirements
- Local candidates are not accepted. Candidates must live at least 75 miles from the facility.
- Pending licenses are accepted, according to the job overview.
- No more than 7 days of requested time off (RTO).
- Holiday shifts and charge RN assignments may be required as needed.
- The facility may cancel shifts; the job overview lists a guarantee of 3 shifts per 13-week contract, with cancellations covering the contractor’s regular assigned shift length.
- Flu vaccination is required; medical or religious exemptions are the only exceptions.
- COVID-19 vaccination is not required.
- Block scheduling is not available.
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About Bestica
We are a trusted provider of solutions in Information Technology and Healthcare sectors to the DoD, Federal and Commercial markets. Our guiding principle and core values help us care for our people and the community; and build a culture of excellence which in turn helps us achieve our organizational objective of exceeding customer’s expectations in each and every project. Headquartered in San Antonio, TX, we were founded in 2005 and are certified as an 8(a) Business.
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