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Travel Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse (PCU RN) – 13-Week Contract in Odessa, Texas

Explore a rewarding travel nursing job in Odessa, Texas, providing high-acuity PCU, telemetry, and critical care for diverse patient populations.

Join a newly opened Progressive Care Unit (PCU) and provide high-acuity nursing care across PCU, telemetry, and critical care populations. This versatile universal suite supports patients whose needs range from monitored medical-surgical care to critical care, offering an excellent opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse to expand clinical expertise while working with a collaborative interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Odessa is a welcoming West Texas community known for its warm climate, accessible outdoor recreation, and strong regional culture. This assignment is ideal for a travel nurse seeking meaningful clinical experience in a growing care environment and a competitive Texas travel nursing opportunity.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Specialty: Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Registered Nurse
• Location: Odessa, Texas
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,020–$2,130
• Start Date: November 17, 2026
• Assignment Length: 13 weeks, through February 16, 2027
• Schedule: 4 shifts per week; 12-hour day shifts, 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
• Healthcare Setting: Newly opened universal PCU suite with telemetry, PCU, and critical care capabilities
• Patient Population: Adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients
• Electronic Health Record: Cerner experience preferred
• Weekend Coverage: Required
• Floating: May be required to critical care or medical-surgical/telemetry areas based on census

PCU Travel Nurse Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the applicable state
• At least 1 year of recent professional nursing experience; PCU or ICU experience strongly preferred
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications
• Current TNCC or TCAR certification, or willingness to obtain TNCC/TCAR within 30 days of starting
• Experience caring for patients requiring telemetry, progressive care, or critical care monitoring
• Experience with electronic health record documentation; Cerner experience preferred
• Ability to manage assignments that may include PCU ratios of approximately 4:1, critical care ratios of 2:1–3:1, or medical-surgical/telemetry ratios of 5:1–6:1
• Willingness to float to designated units when census requires
• Travel assignment applicants must meet applicable submission and compliance requirements; local applicants within 50 miles may not be eligible

PCU Registered Nurse Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care for PCU, telemetry, and selected critical care patients.
• Monitor and interpret cardiac rhythms, arterial lines, vital signs, and other continuous bedside monitoring data.
• Care for patients with diagnoses including atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, post-PCI and post-TAVR recovery, DKA, COPD or asthma exacerbations, renal failure, and high-flow oxygen needs.
• Manage central lines, PICC lines, ports, chest tubes, tracheostomies, feeding tubes, IV therapies, blood products, and wound care.
• Administer and titrate cardiac, vasoactive, insulin, heparin, and other ordered infusions according to clinical protocols.
• Provide care for ventilated patients and patients requiring BiPAP, CPAP, high-flow nasal cannula, or other non-invasive airway support.
• Recognize changes in patient condition and activate rapid response or code team resources when appropriate.
• Collaborate with respiratory therapy, pharmacy, radiology, rehabilitation, social services, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Accurately document assessments, interventions, responses to treatment, and care plans in Cerner.
• Safely float to critical care or medical-surgical/telemetry assignments when needed while maintaining high standards of patient safety and compassionate care.

Apply now for this Progressive Care Unit travel nurse contract in Odessa, Texas, and join a growing healthcare team in West Texas.

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.