Travel Registered Nurse - Progressive Care Unit - Kansas City, MO

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 48 hours a week, starting November 30, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,602 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20.55 an hour plus $1,533 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse (RN) – Progressive Care Unit (PCU). This role provides care for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients with medical-cardiac step-down needs, including chest pain, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and multisystem diseases. The assignment runs from 11/30/2026 through 03/01/2027 and offers a day shift schedule.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 48 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of registered nursing experience; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications; Kansas and Missouri nursing licenses or a compact nursing license; experience with medical-surgical telemetry, cardiac telemetry, progressive care, interpretation and management of dysrhythmias, rapid response teams, post-cardiac angiogram care, post-myocardial infarction care, pre- and post-cardiac catheterization care, pre- and post-cardiac surgery care, intravenous insulin protocols, feeding tube care and management, pre- and post-hemodialysis management, renal failure, port access, blood product administration, central line care and management, peripheral line care and management, peripherally inserted central catheter management, intravenous therapy, heparin protocols, cardiac and vasoactive drips without titration, patient-controlled analgesia, surgical drains, chest tubes, continuous positive airway pressure and bilevel positive airway pressure, high-flow nasal cannula, interpretation of arterial blood gases, oxygen delivery devices, tracheostomy management, isolation precautions, wound care, and wound vacuum management.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience and electronic medical record experience.
• Additional Information: The nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:5. The role includes eight weekend shifts during each six-week scheduling period, with holiday shifts and charge nurse assignments as needed. Regular floating may be required between departments, units, and facilities. Clinical support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretary services.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits