Prime Time Healthcare Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Louisville, Kentucky.
Job Description & Requirements
Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Discipline: RN
Start Date: 10/12/2026
Duration: 13 weeks
36 hours per week
Shift: 12 hours, nights
Employment Type: Travel
Travel PCU RN – Jewish Hospital | 5 West
Unit / Patient Population
21-bed mixed-acuity PCU/Med-Tele unit
Average census: ~19
Typically 3–5 PCU patients
Common diagnoses: GI, liver cirrhosis, CIWA, general medical, IV drug use, occasional trachs
Cerner EMR
Requirements
1+ year acute-care Med/Surg-Tele experience with PCU float experience accepted
First-time travelers accepted
BLS, NIHSS, CPI
Key skills:
Heparin
Fixed-rate Amiodarone
PCA pumps
High-flow oxygen & BiPAP
Chest tube management
Wound VACs & JP drains
IV starts & venipuncture
Trach care preferred
Ratios / Staffing
RN: 1:5, occasionally 1:6 for assignments without PCU patients
Higher-ratio assignments rotated among staff
1–2 LPNs during days, typically 1:5–1:6
2 CNAs days and nights, approximately 10–11 patients each
Charge RN takes patients on both shifts
Nurses draw routine/daily labs and call consults at night
Schedule
12-hour shifts | 6:45–7:15
Every other weekend
No call
Must work 1 major winter holiday: Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, or New Year's Day
Schedule released in 6-week blocks, approximately 4–5 weeks ahead
Block scheduling not guaranteed
RTO requires manager approval
Floating
First to float
May float to other mixed-acuity units or Med/Surg floors
Float ratios may be 1:5–1:6
Support / Equipment
24/7 RT, Hospitalist & Intensivist
IV/VAT team
Rapid Response & Code teams
Resource nurses
Central telemetry monitoring
Plum ICU Medical pumps
Omnicell
Patient lifts
Wound care team available
About Prime Time Healthcare Nursing
Prime Time Healthcare is a leading provider of traveling healthcare professionals nationwide. Our agency specializes in the placement of RNs, LPNs, CNAs, and Allied Health professionals. Join the fun and experience why healthcare professionals and client facilities are joining the Prime Time TEAM.
Benefits
401k retirement plan
Health savings account
Referral bonus
Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Vision benefits
Numbers & Facts
Location
Louisville, KY
Skills
Acute Careunmatched
Cernerunmatched
Consultingunmatched
Electronic Medical Recordsunmatched
Health Planunmatched
Healthcareunmatched
Healthcare Providersunmatched
Heparinunmatched
Hospitalunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Intensive Careunmatched
Intravenous Therapiesunmatched
Nursingunmatched
Phlebotomyunmatched
Progressive Care Unit (PCU)unmatched
Pumpsunmatched
Registered Nurse (RN)unmatched
Registered Training Organisation (RTO)unmatched
Telemetryunmatched
Tracheotomyunmatched
Value-Added Tax (VAT)unmatched
Wound Careunmatched
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