Travel Nurse RN - Progressive Care Unit - $2,221 per week in Elizabethtown, KY

Registered Nurse (RN) | Progressive Care Unit
Location: Elizabethtown, KY
Agency: Cynet Health
Pay: $2,221 per week
Shift Information: Nights - 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 12 Weeks
Start Date: 11/30/2026

About the Position

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Profession: Nursing Specialty: Clinical Nursing Duration: 12 months Shift: 3x12 Third Shift Hours per Shift: 7 PM - 7 AM Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license Certifications: BLS required Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language. - Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly, while actively contributing to the vision and results of the team. - Warmly, personally, and professionally greets all internal and external customers, promoting a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect, actively listening, and intentionally following up on questions and concerns. - Shows understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications and/or ability to be trained. - Ability to communicate and collaborate with other care team members. - Ability to assess age-specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices for all patients. Description: The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person. A caring environment focused on healing and wellness is created. Nursing practices are based on evidence, current research, hospital policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. Direct patient care activities on the unit are coordinated, ensured, and provided. This includes provision of nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments. Facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge activities is essential. Patient and family-centered education, care coordination, and individualized treatment planning are also key components. Responsibilities include: - Performing and documenting a comprehensive assessment in accordance with RN scope of practice and hospital policies/procedures. - Considering the patient’s culture, age, and developmental level. - Identifying patient risk factors and presenting complaints. - Collecting objective and subjective data and verifying initial admission assessments. - Developing a problem list and prioritizing patient needs based on team input. - Designing actions and interventions relevant to the patient’s culture and age. - Determining desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family. - Fully implementing patient care therapies and procedures within established policies and guidelines. - Explaining procedures, treatments, and processes to patients and families. - Initiating actions to alleviate patient stress and discomfort. - Recognizing, responding to, and communicating changes in patient conditions appropriately. - Conducting and documenting ongoing assessments and responses according to hospital policy. - Delegating tasks appropriately and overseeing team members in the performance of patient care activities. - Monitoring accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by team members. - Identifying and addressing educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems. - Facilitating the patient discharge process. - Providing input into nurse assignments considering staffing and patient acuity. - Actively participating in unit-based activities in support of organizational values/priorities. - Promoting a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. - Assuring nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards and evidence-based practice. - Actively participating in quality improvement activities and core measures. - Using a holistic perspective regarding patient care.

Requirements

Required for Onboarding

• ACLS
• BLS
• Pharmacology
• Skills Checklist
• Specialty Exam