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: 10/5/2026

About the Position

TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified PCU RN in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 42701!

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: RN Duration: 13 weeks 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, 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 co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly, while actively contributing to the vision and results of the team. - Warmly 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 an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications 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 RN 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 and current research. Client and departmental policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines are followed. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process. Critical thinking and creativity are utilized. 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 the provision of nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments. Facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge activities is part of the role. Patient and family-centered education is provided. Care coordination and individualized treatment planning are employed as applicable. Responsibilities include: Performing and documenting a comprehensive assessment in accordance with the RN's scope of practice and hospital policies and procedures. Considering the patient’s culture, age, and developmental level. Identifying patient risk factors and presenting complaints. Obtaining patient health information from family or others as necessary. Collecting objective and subjective data. Verifying initial admission assessments if obtained by other members of the healthcare team. Developing a problem list, prioritizing patient needs based on input from the inter-professional team as appropriate. Designing relevant actions and interventions according to the patient’s culture and age. Determining desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family in accordance with the medical plan of care. Fully implementing patient care therapies and procedures with empowerment and clinical autonomy within the scope of practice. Explaining procedures, treatments, and processes to patients and families. Initiating actions to alleviate patient stress and discomfort. Recognizing and responding to changes in patient condition appropriately. Conducting and documenting ongoing assessments and responses to procedures and therapies. Delegating tasks appropriately and overseeing team members in the performance of patient care activities. Monitoring the accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by other team members. Identifying and addressing educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems according to comprehension levels. Facilitating patient discharge processes by executing discharge orders in a timely manner. Assuring the performance of discharge teaching and coordination of plans with Case Management and others as indicated. Providing input into patient/nurse assignments considering available staffing, unit activity, and patient acuity. Actively participating in unit-based activities in support of organizational values and priorities. Promoting a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. Assuring nursing excellence according to accepted standards, evidence-based practice, and current research. Actively participating in department and/or unit quality improvement activities and core measures. Using a holistic perspective regarding patient care.

About Cynet Health

Your travel nursing adventure begins here. Matching talented nurses like you with high-paying travel jobs at the best facilities across all 50 states. We offer the most competitive pay for every position we fill. We understand this is a partnership. You will have no surprises. Your salary will be discussed upfront and there will be no troubling negotiation tactics. 

Requirements

Required for Onboarding

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

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