Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,172 per week

Care Career
  • Burlington, NC
  • $2,172 Per Week
1 day ago

Job Description

Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Burlington, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

  • Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
  • Discipline: RN
  • Start Date: 10/19/2026
  • Duration: 13 weeks
  • 36 hours per week
  • Shift: 12 hours, days
  • Employment Type: Travel

Simplified Cardiac PCU RN Travel Job

Position: RN – Cardiac PCU
Shift: Day, 3×12 hours — 7:00 AM–7:30 PM
Schedule: 3 shifts/week
Contract: Travel
Unit: 2A Cardiac Medical Progressive Care
Beds: 30 private beds
Patient Population: Adults

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years RN experience
  • Cardiac PCU experience required
  • Must be comfortable with 1:5 patient ratios
  • First-time travelers accepted
  • Previous Charge RN experience preferred
  • BLS and ACLS required
  • NIHSS preferred/required for compliance
  • EPIC experience required
  • Must have active RN license in hand at submission
  • Must pass an EKG exam — up to 2 attempts
  • Current driver's license required for address verification
  • No open cases on background check

Patient Ratio

  • Typically 1:5
  • 1:4 when caring for patients with drips/BiPAP
  • Nurse assistants available 24/7
  • Unit secretary available 7 AM–11 PM

Main Patient Population

  • Congestive heart failure
  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Arrhythmias
  • Pre/post cardiac catheterization
  • Rule-out MI
  • Syncope
  • Pacemaker placement
  • COPD
  • Pneumonia
  • BiPAP patients

Required Clinical Skills

  • Telemetry and dysrhythmia interpretation/management
  • Cardiac and vasoactive drips
  • Titration of cardiac and vasoactive drips
  • Pre/post cardiac cath care
  • PICC and peripheral line management
  • Chest tubes — Emerson/Pleur-Evac
  • CPAP/BiPAP
  • Tracheostomy care
  • Procedural sedation
  • Rapid Response/Code Team experience
  • EKG interpretation

Scheduling

  • Self-scheduling through Optilink
  • Scheduling is arranged in 6-week periods
  • Weekend rotation required
  • Holidays as needed
  • Travelers may float to any Cone Health campus as needed

About Care Career

Care Career brings together a portfolio of leading healthcare staffing organizations, each delivering specialized talent solutions across the industry. Wherever you want to go, We Make It Happen.

With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.

Care Career is a modern, transparent staffing firm creating the ultimate community of US.


Benefits

  • Referral bonus
  • Weekly pay
  • Medical benefits
  • Continuing Education
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits

Numbers & Facts

LocationBurlington, NC

Skills

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)unmatched
  • Background Investigationunmatched
  • COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)unmatched
  • Cardiologyunmatched
  • Cardiovascular Diseaseunmatched
  • Catheterizationunmatched
  • Congestive Heart Failureunmatched
  • Driver's Licenseunmatched
  • Electrocardiogramunmatched
  • Health Planunmatched
  • Healthcareunmatched
  • High Availabilityunmatched
  • Nursingunmatched
  • Pacemakerunmatched
  • Paint Shop Pro Tubesunmatched
  • Patient Careunmatched
  • Pneumoniaunmatched
  • Progressive Care Unit (PCU)unmatched
  • Registered Nurse (RN)unmatched
  • Telemetryunmatched
  • Titrationunmatched
  • Tracheotomyunmatched
  • Unit Secretaryunmatched

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