Travel Nurse RN - Progressive Care Unit - $2,095 per week in Elizabethtown, KY

Registered Nurse (RN) | Progressive Care Unit
Location: Elizabethtown, KY
Agency: Cynet Health
Pay: $2,095 per week
Shift Information: Nights - 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 10/19/2026

About the Position

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: RN Duration: Permanent Shift: Third Shift Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state Certifications: BLS Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Practices effective, clear, and respectful communication (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language. - Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all coworkers, 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, including taking corrective action when necessary. - Shows an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications and/or the 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 RN implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital and department 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. Coordinates, ensures, and provides direct patient care activities on the unit through the provision of nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments. Facilitates admission, transfer, and discharge activities. Provides patient and family-centered education, care coordination, and individualized treatment planning as applicable. Assessment of Patient Needs: Performs and documents a comprehensive assessment in accordance with the RN's scope of practice and hospital policies and procedures. Considers the patient’s culture, age, and developmental level. Identifies patient risk factors and presenting complaints. Obtains patient health information from family or others as necessary. Collects objective/quantitative and subjective/qualitative data. Verifies initial admission assessment if obtained by other members of the healthcare team. Develops a problem list, prioritizing patient needs based on input from the inter-professional team as appropriate. Designs actions and interventions relevant to the patient's culture and age. Determines desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family in accordance with the medical plan of care. Fully implements patient care therapies and procedures with empowerment and clinical autonomy within scope of practice in accordance with established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines. Explains procedures, treatments, and processes to the patient and family. Initiates action to alleviate the patient’s stress and discomfort. Recognizes, responds to, and communicates changes in patient condition appropriately. Conducts and documents ongoing assessment and response to procedures and therapies using the nursing process according to hospital policy, established standards, culture, and age of patient served. Delegates tasks appropriately and oversees team members in the performance of activities regarding patient care. Monitors the accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by other team members in the implementation of the plan of care. Identifies and addresses the educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems according to their level of comprehension. Facilitates the patient discharge process by executing discharge orders in a timely manner. Assures the performance of discharge teaching and coordination of plans with others as indicated. Provides input into patient/nurse assignments, considering available staffing, unit activity, and patient acuity. Demonstrates active participation in unit-based activities in support of organizational values and priorities. Promotes a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. Assures nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards, evidence-based practice, current research, and a caring philosophy. Actively participates in quality improvement activities and core measures. Uses a holistic perspective regarding patient care.

Requirements

Required for Onboarding

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