Travel Nurse RN - Progressive Care Unit - in Puyallup, WA

Registered Nurse (RN) | Progressive Care Unit Location: Puyallup, WA Agency: AMN Healthcare Pay: $2,112 to $2,243 per week Shift Information: Nights - 3 days x 12 hours Contract Duration: 14 Weeks Start Date: 3/9/2026

Travel Nurse Source  is working with AMN Healthcare to find a qualified PCU RN in PUYALLUP, Washington, 98372!

Job Description & Requirements
Registered Nurse – Progressive Care - Travel - (PCU RN)

Start Date:

3/9/2026 Available

Shifts:

12 N Pay Rate: $2112.00 - $2243.00

* CLINICAL INTERVIEWING
* NOTE FOR THIS POSITION:
Traveler would relieve the nurse on shift for breaks on units for PCU/Med Surg/ED Hold and at times may take on shifts as a traditional traveler on the unit. Level III Trauma Center Beds: 375 Licensed Beds General Information Will float within scope and below Areas of float need: MSICU: 40 beds CVICU: 10 (no specific CVICU experience needed, just added for bed count visibility) PCU: 40 beds 2R PCU Obs: 18 Beds OBS South when open for overflow can increase to 27 total beds CCU: 30 beds Medical: 89 beds Surgical: 55 beds Flex Unit: 9 beds (consists of PCU and MS patients) Inpatient Rehab: 47 beds on two floors ER holding unit (Patients waiting on a bed) Any COVID overflow

Minimum experience:

ICU: 2 years of ICU experience PCU/PCU ER holds: 2 years of PCU experience MS: 2 years in acute care setting First time traveler:
Yes Could float for partial shifts Patient Ratios: ICU 1:2 based on acuity PCU and CCU 1:4 depending on acuity or if patient discharging Medical and Surgical 1:5 If PCU floated to MS- will have a 1:5 ratio Rehab: 1:8 team model (RN, LPN, Tech) Patient Types the Travelers are Expected to Care For: ICU: 14 beds Respiratory Failure, GI Bleeds, DKA, Sepsis, Complicated Post-operative Patients, CVA’s, Flap surgeries, Post-Arrest, ETOH, IVDA Higher Level Therapies:
Rotoprone, Manual Prone, Hypothermia Protocol, CRRT, TPA, Flap Surgeries (will not take these patients) No craniotomies, major traumas, or major cardiothoracic PCU: 40 beds: 2R Obs 18 beds Respiratory compromise, Sepsis, renal failure, bleeding disorders, general medical/surgical patients, CHF, COPD, Pneumonia, General, ortho cases Med-Surg:
Medical: 89 beds Surgical: 55 beds MS Oncology:
Oncology:
Neutropenic, post-op Psych General Medical Surgical: post-op, COPD, CHF, Sepsis, DVT, AKI, Dialysis, COVID COVID is common on this floor. MS Ortho:
Total joints, post-surgical patients, general medical overflow MS Palliative:
General Medical: pneumonia, sepsis, CHF, COPD, AKI, DVT, PE, occasionally surgical, COVID Rehab: 47 beds on two floors Neuro:
Stroke, Spinal Cord injury, TBI, Multi-Trauma, Post Covid, Post ICU Vents, Traches are on the unit Respiratory therapy works to give “just in time” training Med-Surg level acuity type patients ED Holding This will be the primary unit the traveler will be working (per NM 1/21/2025) Will have mixed diagnosis ICU patients 1:2; PCU 1:4; MS 1:5 ICU & PCU nurses will have a 1:5 assignment if MS Will have isolation patients, non-ambulatory patients Is a fast-paced unit Traveler will need to be flexible and resourceful ACLS Transport This RN will transport patients throughout the entire hospital.

This would include all inpatient units, ED, CT, MRI, Nuc Med, PACU, Cath Lab, etc. Night shift ACLS RN. After 2300 the transports slow way down and at that time we want the ACLS RN to go down to ED Holds Area and be a resource to help assist that unit with breaks, med administration, etc when they are not transporting someone.

Typically the day shift ACLS RNs start getting busy right at  and never slow down the rest of the day. Support on Unit:
Techs ICU: 1:14 PCU: 1:10 MS: 1:8-10 RT 24/7 Hospitalist 24/7 Intensivist 24/7

Certifications:

ICU: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS PCU: ACLS, BLS, NIHSS Med-Surg: BLS, NIHSS Skills required ICU:
Cardiac rhythm interpretation, Vent management, invasive line management, ostomy, general drains, trachs PCU:
Cardiac rhythm interpretation, Chest tubes, lumbar drains, traches, IV med titration (Amiodarone, dopamine, dobutamine, insulin, heparin) Med-Surg: IVs, PCAs, Chest Tubes, drains, ostomies, IV ABX All clinicians must also have good…