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

Experienced PCU RN wanted for a 13-week travel nursing contract in Columbus, Ohio, caring for complex cardiac and surgical patients on a high-acuity progressive care unit.

Join a 30-bed cardiac and surgical step-down team caring for adult and geriatric patients. This travel nursing opportunity is ideal for a Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse who provides exceptional care for complex cardiovascular and vascular surgery patients while collaborating with a multidisciplinary healthcare team. Columbus offers an energetic college-town atmosphere, excellent dining and entertainment, beautiful parks, and convenient access to the surrounding region.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,940-$2,040
• Nursing Specialty: Progressive Care Unit (PCU) / Step-Down Nursing
• Healthcare Setting: Cardiac and surgical progressive care
• Location: Columbus, Ohio
• Start Date: November 16, 2026
• Contract Duration: 13 weeks
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week
• Shift: 12-hour nights, approximately 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
• Patient Ratio: Approximately 1:3
• Weekend Coverage: Weekdays and some weekends; rotating holidays
• Patient Population: Adults and geriatric patients

PCU Registered Nurse Job Requirements

• At least 1 year of recent Progressive Care Unit (PCU), step-down, or progressive care nursing experience
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in Ohio or a valid compact-state license at the time of submission
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications
• Previous travel nursing or travel RN experience
• Epic electronic health record (EHR) experience
• Strong cardiac telemetry monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation skills
• Experience caring for post-cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, and other complex progressive care patients
• Education from an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited nursing program
• Ability to float to units with equivalent or lower acuity as needed

Progressive Care RN Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care for patients recovering from cardiac and vascular procedures, including CABG, valve procedures, TAVR, vascular stents and grafts, aneurysm repair, carotid procedures, and lung transplant.
• Monitor and manage cardiac telemetry, arterial lines, chest tubes, central lines, PICC lines, surgical drains, wound vacs, sheaths, PCA, and other progressive care equipment.
• Assess patients for changes in condition and respond promptly to dysrhythmias, respiratory changes, bleeding, heart failure, sepsis, renal complications, and other complex diagnoses.
• Initiate and maintain peripheral IVs, administer blood products, manage feeding tubes, perform phlebotomy, and provide wound and tracheostomy care as indicated.
• Apply cardiac monitoring, oxygen therapy, noninvasive airway support, isolation precautions, and evidence-based patient safety practices.
• Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, rehabilitation, rapid response teams, social services, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Accurately document nursing assessments, interventions, medication administration, and patient outcomes in Epic.
• Provide safe, compassionate patient care while maintaining an assignment of approximately three patients.

Apply now for this Progressive Care Unit travel nursing opportunity in Columbus, Ohio, and join a collaborative cardiac and surgical healthcare team.

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.