Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $1,704 per week
About the role
TotalMed RN is seeking a travel nurse RN for a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) position in El Dorado, Arkansas. The assignment starts 10/12/2026 and lasts 13 weeks. TotalMed is a Top Ten travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. They staff nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians in all 50 states, offering local and travel jobs and matching caregivers with the right organization to assist facilities and patients. TotalMed focuses on placing highly‑skilled staff to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience, specializing in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across Nursing and Allied Health.
Responsibilities
As a PCU Travel Nurse, you will care for patients who require close monitoring and frequent assessment, but aren't unstable enough to need ICU care. Progressive Care Unit RNs utilize computer equipment to monitor cardiac and other vital information, detecting changes and enabling intervention in life‑threatening or emergency situations. Close observation is necessary as many PCU patients receive significant complex medications, sometimes via intravenous lines that may need adjustment or titration. The PCU RN is sometimes also called a step‑down nurse, and the PCU is also known as cardiac stepdown, medical stepdown, neuro stepdown, surgical stepdown and ER holding.
- Provide basic bedside care; stabilize critical cardiac patients.
- Change dressings, insert catheters and start IVs.
- Prepare, administer and record prescribed medication, reporting any adverse reactions to treatment.
- Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, and interpret and record electronic displays.
- Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology.