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Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Registered Nurse (RN) – Travel Nurse Assignment in Columbus, Ohio

Join a collaborative progressive care team as a Travel Registered Nurse caring for adult and geriatric patients in a mixed-acuity PCU, stepdown, and telemetry environment in Columbus, Ohio. Strengthen your intermediate-care nursing skills while working with multidisciplinary clinical support teams. First-time travel nurses are welcome to apply.

Travel Nursing Opportunity Highlights

• Work in a progressive care, stepdown, intermediate-care, and telemetry setting
• Typical patient assignment of 4 patients per nurse
• Supportive interdisciplinary resources, including IV teams, respiratory services, pharmacy, rapid response, physical therapy, and social services
• Experience Columbus, Ohio, a vibrant city known for its welcoming neighborhoods, diverse dining, arts and cultural attractions, parks, and lively university-town atmosphere

PCU Travel RN Job Details

• Assignment Type: 13-week travel nursing assignment
• Location: Columbus, Ohio
• Start Date: November 30, 2026
• End Date: March 1, 2027
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,940–$2,040
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week; 36 hours per week
• Shift Duration: 12-hour night shifts, approximately 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
• Weekend Coverage: Some weekends required; approximately 4 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule
• Patient Population: Adult and geriatric patients
• Patient Ratio: Approximately 1:4
• Orientation: 36 hours
• Floating: Flexibility to float to other units as needed
• Call: Call coverage may be required

PCU Registered Nurse Job Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse license in Ohio or a valid compact nursing license in hand at the time of submission
• At least 1 year of recent Registered Nurse experience; candidates with exactly 1 year may require additional review
• Progressive care, PCU, stepdown, DOU, IMC, or comparable intermediate-care nursing experience
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications
• Competence interpreting and managing dysrhythmias and caring for medical-surgical and telemetry patients
• Proficiency with oxygen administration, nasal cannula use, peripheral line care, isolation precautions, and PPE
• Graduation from an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited nursing program
• Two professional references, including at least one manager, director, supervisor, or other formal clinical leader
• Willingness to complete required credentialing and Ohio fingerprinting promptly

Progressive Care Nursing Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, compassionate nursing care to adult and geriatric patients in a mixed-acuity PCU
• Assess patients, identify changes in condition, and escalate concerns through appropriate clinical channels
• Interpret cardiac rhythms and manage patients requiring telemetry monitoring
• Administer medications and oxygen therapy while following established safety and infection-control standards
• Provide peripheral line care and monitor patients for complications or clinical deterioration
• Collaborate with physicians, rapid response teams, respiratory services, pharmacy, IV teams, and other interdisciplinary partners
• Respond appropriately to urgent changes in patient status and participate in rapid response or code-team processes as indicated
• Float to other appropriate units as needed while maintaining high standards of patient care
• Accurately document assessments, interventions, outcomes, and care plans in the electronic medical record

Apply now for this PCU Registered Nurse travel assignment and join a collaborative healthcare team in Columbus, Ohio.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.