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Progressive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in Detroit, MI for RNs

Find Top RN Progressive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in Detroit, Michigan

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Search Top Paying Progressive Care Unit Jobs in or near Detroit

We have 8 Progressive Care Unit travel jobs in Michigan, and 341 total Nationwide. If you’re not finding what you’re looking for immediately, sign up for the AMN Passport App today and we’ll connect you directly with a recruiter.

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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Grosse Pointe, Michigan – 48236
    Distance from Detroit: 8 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 24, 2025
  • 13
$1,537 to $1,694
Weekly Pay*
Stepdown unit with Ventilator management, Sedation (Precedex) Drips, Cardiac (Cardizem, Cardene) Drips *6 Months required with Ventilator management, 1 year preferred. *ACLS, BLS, NIHSS required. 3:1 Ratio, 12 Bed unit. Medical more than surgical patients with pulmonary team assigned to them.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Rochester, Michigan – 48307
    Distance from Detroit: 25 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 29, 2025
  • 12
$1,676 to $1,847
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding Progressive Care Unit (PCU) is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Rochester, Michigan – 48307
    Distance from Detroit: 25 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 24, 2025
  • 12
$1,676 to $1,847
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding Progressive Care Unit (PCU) is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Rochester, Michigan – 48307
    Distance from Detroit: 25 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 24, 2025
  • 12
$1,676 to $1,847
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding Progressive Care Unit (PCU) is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Cleveland, Ohio – 44106
    Distance from Detroit: 90 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 20, 2025
  • 13
$1,798 to $1,982
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Cleveland, Ohio – 44106
    Distance from Detroit: 90 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 28, 2025
  • 13
$1,569 to $1,729
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Cleveland, Ohio – 44106
    Distance from Detroit: 90 miles
  • 12 D, 12 N,
  • July 20, 2025
  • 13
$1,569 to $1,729
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Willoughby, Ohio – 44094
    Distance from Detroit: 97 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 28, 2025
  • 13
$1,487 to $1,638
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Painesville, Ohio – 44077
    Distance from Detroit: 101 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 28, 2025
  • 13
$1,487 to $1,638
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care. 32 bed unit which cares for both ICU and SDU patients.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Midland, Michigan – 48670
    Distance from Detroit: 108 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,730 to $1,906
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Akron, Ohio – 44304
    Distance from Detroit: 117 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 6, 2025
  • 13
$1,832 to $2,019
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Akron, Ohio – 44304
    Distance from Detroit: 117 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 20, 2025
  • 13
$1,832 to $2,019
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Barberton, Ohio – 44203
    Distance from Detroit: 118 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 20, 2025
  • 13
$1,832 to $2,019
Weekly Pay*
This is a 34-bed cardiac PCU/Tele stroke overflow unit Summa Health – headquartered in Akron, Ohio – is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the state. Formed in 1989 with the merger of Akron City and St. Thomas Hospitals, our nonprofit system has 8,000+ employees; nearly 1,000 credentialed physicians; and buildings and facilities totaling more than 3 million square feet across all our campuses. Summa Health System – Barberton Campus is located approximately 10 miles southwest of Akron, Ohio. The Barberton hospital serves Barberton, Wadsworth, Norton, Green, Akron as well as Stark and Wayne Counties.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Barberton, Ohio – 44203
    Distance from Detroit: 118 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 13, 2025
  • 13
$1,832 to $2,019
Weekly Pay*
This is a 34-bed cardiac PCU/Tele stroke overflow unit Summa Health – headquartered in Akron, Ohio – is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the state. Formed in 1989 with the merger of Akron City and St. Thomas Hospitals, our nonprofit system has 8,000+ employees; nearly 1,000 credentialed physicians; and buildings and facilities totaling more than 3 million square feet across all our campuses. Summa Health System – Barberton Campus is located approximately 10 miles southwest of Akron, Ohio. The Barberton hospital serves Barberton, Wadsworth, Norton, Green, Akron as well as Stark and Wayne Counties.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Lima, Ohio – 45801
    Distance from Detroit: 123 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 7
$2,126 to $2,343
Weekly Pay*
he Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) delivers patient care utilizing the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identifying and determining the priority of patient’s problems/needs, and evaluating the process and outcome of nursing care, all in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team. The RN coordinates, provides, and directs patient teaching activities and coordinates the care provided by health team members. Essential Job Functions • Conducts initial and ongoing patient assessment, analyzes assessment data, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness • Administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures. • Serves as point of contact for patient’s care coordination throughout hospital departments. • Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department. • Serves as patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics. • Serves as a point of care with care coordination and family members or caregivers. • Clinically manages patients with multi-system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma. • Using the AACN Synergy Model, restores, supports, promotes, rehabilitates, or palliates to maintain the physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability of patients across the lifespan. • Synthesizes and prioritizes information in order to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action using clinical judgement and clinical inquiry. • Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions. • Responds to the unique needs of the patients and families coping with unanticipated illness or injury and treatment and advocate for their choices in quality of life. • BSMH nurses are expected to practice and deliver care in accordance with the core concepts and intention of the BSMH Nursing Professional Practice Model. This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. Licensing/Certification Current RN license in state they are working or covered by compact (required) BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care) ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred) CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse (preferred) PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (preferred) National Institute of Health(NIH) Stroke Certification (preferred) Education Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred) Work Experience 1 year of RN experience (required) 6 months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred) Training EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred) Critical Care Course (preferred) Skills • Assigns patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice of staff. • Orients, facilitates learning experience, and provides education (based upon quality improvement indicators, outcomes, and implementation) to nursing staff and others. • Possesses clinical knowledge, skills, and competency to provide evidence-based patient care in accordance with the current standards of practice, policy and procedure, and BSMH mission. • Performs comprehensive assessment of patient’s clinical condition and psychosocial needs of the patient and their supportive resources. • Safely and efficiently develops, implements, and prioritizes plan of care. • Application of the nursing process in patient care delivery. • Assesses patient’s physical and emotional responses to treatment to evaluate effectiveness of intervention and patient outcomes; revises plan of care accordingly. • Assists patient and family in coping with patient’s illness. • Collaborates with others in the delivery of coordinated patient care. • Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills. • Applies cultural diversity and inclusion principles when caring for patients and their support resources. • Recognizes own limitations and seeks assistance and acquires information to perform safely. • Advances personal and professional growth through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-services, and workshops. • Exhibits professionalism through accountability for own and delegated actions. • Integrates cost-effective measures into practice and models effective stewardship of available resources. • Practices self-care and cultivates resilience in conflict and difficult circumstances. • Protects the safety and privacy of all persons. • Understanding and utilization of office and clinical technologies. • Ability to communicate with patients in a manner they can understand considering their personal preferences. • Compassionate, relationship-based approach to help find meaning in illness, suffering, pain, and existence. • Remains calm, adaptive, and collective during an emergency. • Manages care of patients with chest tubes. • Assesses patients through hemodynamic monitoring. • Inserts and monitors transvenous pacing/temporary pacing. • Administers means for conscious sedation. • Knowledge of advanced respiratory modalities. Working Conditions Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur May be exposed to physical altercations and verbal abuse May be required to use physical restraints May be exposed to high noise levels and bright lights May be exposed to limited hazardous substances or body fluids* May be exposed to human blood and other potentially infectious materials* May have periods of constant interruptions * Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control. Physical Requirements Lifting/Carrying (0-50 lbs.): 34-66% Lifting/Carrying (50-100 lbs.) 34-66% Push/Pull (0-50 lbs.) 34-66% Push/Pull (50-100 lbs.) 34-66% Stoop/Kneel 1-33% Crawling 1-33% Climbing 1-33% Balance 1-33% Bending 34-66% Sitting 34-66% Walking 34-66% Standing 34-66% Additional Physical Requirements/Hazards Manual dexterity (eye/hand coordination) Perform shift work Maneuver weight of patients Hear alarms/telephone/audio recorder Reach above shoulder Repetitive arm/hand movements Finger Dexterity Color Vision Acuity – far Acuity – near Depth perception Use of latex products Exposure to toxic/caustic/chemicals/detergents Exposure to moving mechanical parts Exposure to dust/fumes Exposure to potential electrical shock Exposure to x ray/electromagnetic energy Exposure to high pitched noises Gaseous risk exposure Patient Population Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit. Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development of the life span and possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age, specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in departmental policies and procedures. Adults(18-64 years) Geriatrics (65 years and older)
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Columbus, Ohio – 43210
    Distance from Detroit: 164 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,673 to $1,844
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Columbus, Ohio – 43210
    Distance from Detroit: 164 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,673 to $1,844
Weekly Pay*
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, is the only cancer program in the United States that features a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center aligned with a nationally ranked academic medical center and a freestanding cancer hospital on the campus of one of the nation’s largest public universities. As the cancer program’s adult patient-care component, The James is one of the top cancer hospitals in the nation as ranked by U.S. News & World Report for 25 years and has achieved Magnet® recognition, the highest honor an organization can receive for quality patient care and professional nursing practice. With 21 floors, more than 1.1 million square feet and 356 inpatient beds, The James is the third-largest cancer hospital in the nation.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Columbus, Ohio – 43210
    Distance from Detroit: 164 miles
  • 12 D, 12 N,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,673 to $1,844
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right individual to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Columbus, Ohio – 43210
    Distance from Detroit: 164 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 28, 2025
  • 13
$1,673 to $1,844
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding Progressive Care Unit (PCU) is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Columbus, Ohio – 43210
    Distance from Detroit: 164 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 28, 2025
  • 13
$1,673 to $1,844
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding Progressive Care Unit (PCU) is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Columbus, Ohio – 43210
    Distance from Detroit: 164 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,673 to $1,844
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Columbus, Ohio – 43210
    Distance from Detroit: 164 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,673 to $1,844
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Columbus, Ohio – 43210
    Distance from Detroit: 164 miles
  • 12 N,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,673 to $1,844
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Columbus, Ohio – 43210
    Distance from Detroit: 164 miles
  • 12 D, 12 E, 12 N,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,673 to $1,844
Weekly Pay*
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, is the only cancer program in the United States that features a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center aligned with a nationally ranked academic medical center and a freestanding cancer hospital on the campus of one of the nation’s largest public universities. As the cancer program’s adult patient-care component, The James is one of the top cancer hospitals in the nation as ranked by U.S. News & World Report for 25 years and has achieved Magnet® recognition, the highest honor an organization can receive for quality patient care and professional nursing practice. With 21 floors, more than 1.1 million square feet and 356 inpatient beds, The James is the third-largest cancer hospital in the nation.
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Statistics on PCU RN Jobs in Detroit, Michigan

Here are some helpful statistics about PCU traveling nurse jobs in & near Detroit. The data is based on the last three complete months of PCU job postings in the Detroit and nearby areas. It is updated regularly, so you can find the most recent Progressive Care Unit job salary trends, the types of shifts, and contract durations most commonly available in Detroit and more. Find out more about travel nursing salaries.

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FAQs About Travel PCU Nursing Jobs for RNs in Detroit, MI

What are the top paying Progressive Care Unit jobs currently available in or near Detroit?

  • Registered Nurse – PCU with a per week salary of $1,694, a 13 weeks duration, for a 12 N in Grosse Pointe (7.8 miles away)

What types of shifts are most common for PCU travel jobs in Detroit?

Based on the last 6 months of travel nurse jobs data, 12 Hour Night shifts were the most common in Detroit and surrounding areas.

How much does a day shift Progressive Care Unit nurse make on average in Detroit and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Day shift Progressive Care Unit nurse in Detroit can make an average of $1,876 per week based on recent job availability.

How much does a night shift Progressive Care Unit nurse make on average in Detroit and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Night shift Progressive Care Unit nurse in Detroit can make an average of $1,899 per week based on recent job availability data.

What is the most common contract for Progressive Care Unit travel jobs in Detroit?

Based on recent data, the most common duration for a Progressive Care Unit job in Detroit is 13 weeks.

Locating Progressive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in Detroit

Other popular cities near Detroit’s PCU job opportunities are Dearborn (6.7 miles), Grosse Pointe (7.8 miles) and Wyandotte (9.7 miles). These are near to zip codes: 48038 (18.8 miles), 48307 (24.5 miles) and 48342 (24.6 miles).

* Estimate of payments is intended for informational purposes and includes hourly wages, as well as reimbursements for meal & incidental expenses and housing expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. Please speak with a recruiter for additional details.