Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $2,434 per week

TalentBurst, Inc is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Grafton, Wisconsin.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 06/22/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Grafton - Med Surg: IU 3rd Floor West Surg

About Facility:

o Grafton, WI

o Level III Trauma Center

o Level II NICU

o Primary Stroke Center

o Beds: 167

Unit Information:

o Beds: 16

Census? Average patients/day?

o Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years PCU experience

o Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

o Progressive Care and Medical Surgical patients

o Cardiothoracic surgeries, COVID-19 pneumonia, Hypoxia, COPD, CHF, A-fib, SVT, UTI, Sepsis, SI, DKA, Bariatrics, HD/CKD, DIEP Flap, Esophagectomy, ETOH withdrawal, hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis patients. Noninvasive ventilation: Nitric Oxide Therapy, Continuous Bipap

Patient Ratios:

o 1:3-5

Required License, National Certification, Certs:

o BLS, ACLS

Skills required:

o Telemetry interpretation, chronic trachs, chest tubes, patients on high flow oxygen systems, IV starts

o Drips: heparin, insulin, diltiazem, amiodarone, nitro (not titrated)

o Unit layout similar to ICU functioning as cardiac stepdown caring for high acuity medical/surgical/cardiac patients. Bedside monitors in rooms with decentralized nurses stations

o Charge RN experience preferred, not required. Please include in offer if traveler has this experience.

Support within the Department:

o CNA – yes, 1:5-8 ratio

o HUC during the day

o Charge nurse – may take light patient load

o Phlebotomy

o Rapid Response/Code Team

o RT 24/7

o Hospitalist 24/7

o Educator

o Telemetry monitoring/tech

Technology/Equipment:

o EMR: EPIC – preferred experience

o IV Pump: Alaris

o Med dispensing: Pyxis

o Monitors: Client B650 bedside monitor

o Unit specific equipment:

Floating: If yes, where?

o Will float within scope of practice and below. Could float to ICU to care for PCU level patients

o Travelers first to float

Orientation (facility and unit) :

o NEO

o 1 shift of unit orientation

Scheduling:

o Weekend rotation: Every other or less. Could be as low as every fourth weekend.

Nights shift weekends are Friday/Saturday night. Need traveler to be flexible to include some Sunday nights based on unit needs

Dayshift weekends are Saturday/Sunday

o On call? No

o Holiday Expectations: Every other holiday

o Approval of RTO: to go through manager

o Shift times:

Days: 0700-1900

Nights: 1900-0700

o Schedule cycle:

Other notes:

o Scrub Color: Any solid color, professional. No graphics, logos, designs

Grafton - Med Surg: IU 3rd Floor West Surg

About Facility:

o Grafton, WI

o Level III Trauma Center

o Level II NICU

o Primary Stroke Center

o Beds: 167

Unit Information:

o Beds: 16

Census? Average patients/day?

o Minimum Years of Experience required? 2 years PCU experience

o Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

o Progressive Care and Medical Surgical patients

o Cardiothoracic surgeries, COVID-19 pneumonia, Hypoxia, COPD, CHF, A-fib, SVT, UTI, Sepsis, SI, DKA, Bariatrics, HD/CKD, DIEP Flap, Esophagectomy, ETOH withdrawal, hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis patients. Noninvasive ventilation: Nitric Oxide Therapy, Continuous Bipap

Patient Ratios:

o 1:3-5

Required License, National Certification, Certs:

o BLS, ACLS

Skills required:

o Telemetry interpretation, chronic trachs, chest tubes, patients on high flow oxygen systems, IV starts

o Drips: heparin, insulin, diltiazem, amiodarone, nitro (not titrated)

o Unit layout similar to ICU functioning as cardiac stepdown caring for high acuity medical/surgical/cardiac patients. Bedside monitors in rooms with decentralized nurses stations

o Charge RN experience preferred, not required. Please include in offer if traveler has this experience.

Support within the Department:

o CNA – yes, 1:5-8 ratio

o HUC during the day

o Charge nurse – may take light patient load

o Phlebotomy

o Rapid Response/Code Team

o RT 24/7

o Hospitalist 24/7

o Educator

o Telemetry monitoring/tech

Technology/Equipment:

o EMR: EPIC – preferred experience

o IV Pump: Alaris

o Med dispensing: Pyxis

o Monitors: Client B650 bedside monitor

o Unit specific equipment:

Floating: If yes, where?

o Will float within scope of practice and below. Could float to ICU to care for PCU level patients

o Travelers first to float

Orientation (facility and unit) :

o NEO

o 1 shift of unit orientation

Scheduling:

o Weekend rotation: Every other or less. Could be as low as every fourth weekend.

Nights shift weekends are Friday/Saturday night. Need traveler to be flexible to include some Sunday nights based on unit needs

Dayshift weekends are Saturday/Sunday

o On call? No

o Holiday Expectations: Every other holiday

o Approval of RTO: to go through manager

o Shift times:

Days: 0700-1900

Nights: 1900-0700

o Schedule cycle:

Other notes:

o Scrub Color: Any solid color, professional. No graphics, logos, designs

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