Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $3,587 per week

HonorVet Technologies is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Albany, New York. Job Description & Requirements Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit Discipline: RN Start Date: 09/21/2026 Duration: 13 weeks 48 hours per week Shift: 12 hours, nights Employment Type: Travel Registered Nurse – Progressive Critical Care Unit Facility: Albany Medical Center Location: Albany, NY Start Date: 9/21/2026 Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM Schedule: 4x12s; every other weekend Patient Ratio: 3:1 average; 2:1 for higher-acuity assignments Charting System: Epic — experience required Float Required: Yes; to care areas with like patient populations Call Requirement: Not specified Note: Navy blue scrubs required. Competency test required within 24 hours of submission. Position Overview: The Progressive Critical Care Unit provides specialized care to medically unstable and surgically complex adult patients, including trauma patients age 15 and older. Nurses care for high-acuity patients requiring frequent surveillance, assessment, intervention, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, and critical care therapies. Job duties: Provide high-acuity nursing care to medically unstable medical, surgical, trauma, and neurological patients. Monitor cardiac rhythms, arterial lines, EVDs, hemodynamics, and other critical patient parameters. Manage vasoactive, sedative, anticoagulant, thrombolytic, and other high-risk medication infusions according to protocols. Provide respiratory support including HFNC, BiPAP, and CPAP while monitoring patients for respiratory deterioration. Perform and assist with EVD management, wound care, drains, vascular sheaths, EKOS, suctioning, and other critical care procedures. Requirements: License: Active RN license; eligible for New York practice Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience; strong adult PCU or community hospital ICU experience preferred Certifications: BLS, ACLS required; NIHSS preferred; PCCN or CCRN strongly encouraged Other requirement: Epic experience required; competency test must be completed within 24 hours of submission Unit Details: Unit: D3N – Progressive Critical Care Unit Patient Ratios: 3:1, with 2:1 assignments for higher-acuity patients Patient Population: Adults 18 and trauma patients 15 with high-acuity medical, surgical, neurological, respiratory, endocrine, GI, orthopedic, and trauma conditions Patient Diagnoses: Respiratory failure, sepsis, traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, stroke, heart failure, respiratory disturbances, electrolyte imbalance, GI bleeding, coagulopathy, renal disease, drug overdose, hemodynamic instability, complex trauma, and surgical complications. Nurses with strong adult PCU experience, particularly those coming from community hospital ICU settings, tend to do well in this unit. The average patient assignment is 3 high-acuity patients. About HonorVet Technologies HonorVet Technologies: Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes Founded in 2015, HonorVet Technologies stands as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) , proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs . Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans. As a Joint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency , we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more. At HonorVet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served. Benefits Vision benefits License and certification reimbursement Continuing Education Medical benefits Wellness and fitness programs Dental benefits Guaranteed Hours Mileage reimbursement Referral bonus Bereavement Holiday Pay Sick pay Retention bonus