Travel Progressive Care Unit RN - $2,420 per week

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

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/16/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit (PCU). This role supports a medical step-down unit caring for high-acuity patients, including those with sepsis, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver failure, and diabetic ketoacidosis. The position requires strong progressive care skills, dysrhythmia management, and experience caring for patients requiring advanced respiratory and intravenous therapies.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Current Registered Nurse (RN) license; two years of current nursing experience; Progressive Care Unit (PCU) or intermediate care experience; experience with dysrhythmia management, ventilators, arterial lines, drip titration, high-flow nasal cannula, tracheostomies, and gastrostomy tubes; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Preferred Qualifications: One to two prior travel assignments; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for high-acuity patients in a medical step-down setting.
  • Typical patient populations include sepsis, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver failure, and diabetic ketoacidosis.
  • Expected nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:3.
  • Weekend coverage is required every other weekend.
  • Holiday coverage is required as needed.
  • Two on-call shifts are scheduled per six-week rotation.
  • Attendance at central nursing orientation is required.

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 #1348809. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 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