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Progressive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in San Diego, CA for RNs

Find Top RN Progressive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in San Diego, California

AMN Healthcare can help you find the top PCU travel nurse jobs in and around San Diego, California. We have new jobs updating daily, so be sure to Apply Now so our specialists can make sure you get first crack. We make it easy for you to compare San Diego’s PCU nursing jobs by allowing you to filter based on salary, shift type, location or duration to find the right job for you.

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Search Top Paying Progressive Care Unit Jobs in or near San Diego

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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Fountain Valley, California – 92708
    Distance from San Diego: 82 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 18, 2025
  • 13
$2,340 to $2,579
Weekly Pay*
30 bed Step Down unit. Age Groups of Patients: Adults and Geriatric Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: ARDS, Sepsis, Neurosurgery, Stroke, Cardiac Surgery, Resp Failure, Multi Organ failure, MI, CHF, Diabetes Any special procedure done on the unit? Chest tubes, Central Lines, drains Titrate Vasoactive Drips- Dopamine, Dobutamine, Cardizem, Cardene, Amiodorane Familarity with Pacemakers (Epicardial as well as permanent) as well as expereince with vasoactive meds, Ventilators, chest tubes, Central Lines, drains
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Yuma, Arizona – 85367
    Distance from San Diego: 148 miles
  • 12 D,
  • May 17, 2025
  • 13
$2,034 to $2,241
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
  • San Luis Obispo, California – 93405
    Distance from San Diego: 267 miles
  • 12 N,
  • May 19, 2025
  • 13
$1,989 to $2,601
Weekly Pay*
Delivers coordinated nursing care for a patient or an assigned group of patients according to established standards of care and the nursing process. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing staff, and coordinates care with other disciplines while utilizing critical thinking, professional and supervisory discretion, and independent judgment. Bachelor’s degree (BSN) preferred, acute care facility experience preferred, Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice required, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Prescott, Arizona – 86301
    Distance from San Diego: 298 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 17, 2025
  • 13
$1,807 to $1,991
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
  • Prescott, Arizona – 86301
    Distance from San Diego: 298 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 3, 2025
  • 13
$1,807 to $1,991
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
  • Prescott, Arizona – 86301
    Distance from San Diego: 298 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 3, 2025
  • 13
$1,807 to $1,991
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
  • Sierra Vista, Arizona – 85635
    Distance from San Diego: 409 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,751 to $1,930
Weekly Pay*
Located in the beautiful high desert of southeastern Arizona, Canyon Vista Medical Center commits to serve residents in Sierra Vista, Ft. Huachuca, Cochise County – a population of more than 131,000 people, and our surrounding communities. We’re comfortably nestled in the San Pedro River Valley, 75 miles southeast of Tucson. Canyon Vista Medical Center was founded in 1963 as Western Baptist Osteopathic Hospital on what was then the eastern edge of Sierra Vista. Growth and advancing technology dictated building our new 177,000 square foot hospital at 5700 E Hwy 90. Come check out the surrounding area: Sierra Vista is situated in one of the rare wine growing regions of Arizona. Travelers can enjoy a wine tasting, explore the local state and national parks, experience prehistoric archeological sites, tour Fort Huachuca, and take in the history of the Old West.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Reno, Nevada – 89502
    Distance from San Diego: 493 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,900 to $2,094
Weekly Pay*
The intermediate care unit comprises of 18 beds and focuses on individuals who are experiencing severe, but usually non-life threatening issues requiring moderately complex assessments, moderately intensive therapies and interventions, and moderate levels of nursing vigilance. These patients encompass all types of general medical disease processes including post ischemic/hemorrhagic stroke, sepsis, cardiac, and respiratory. Our goal is the provision of clinical excellence and exceptional customer service in a collaborative, multidisciplinary, patient- centered environment. Our goal is the provision of clinical excellence and exceptional customer service in a collaborative, multidisciplinary, patient- centered environment. Extremely busy and fast paced environment serving a 500-mile radius. Level 2 trauma center, Stroke accreditation, 800 inpatient bed hospital, 80 ER beds. The volume and pace required to work here are that of level 1 trauma center
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Las Cruces, New Mexico – 88011
    Distance from San Diego: 606 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,549 to $1,707
Weekly Pay*
– 168 bed community hospital – Accredited Chest Pain Center, Joint Replacement Center and Stroke Center. Campus offers minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery, and a Wound Care Center – South/Central NM, about 3hrs from Albq, 4 hours east of Tucson
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Redding, California – 96001
    Distance from San Diego: 616 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 3, 2025
  • 13
$2,349 to $2,589
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
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico – 87106
    Distance from San Diego: 624 miles
  • 12 D,
  • May 31, 2025
  • 13
$2,030 to $2,237
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico – 87106
    Distance from San Diego: 624 miles
  • 12 D,
  • May 31, 2025
  • 13
$2,030 to $2,237
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico – 87106
    Distance from San Diego: 624 miles
  • 12 D,
  • May 31, 2025
  • 13
$2,030 to $2,237
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico – 87106
    Distance from San Diego: 624 miles
  • 12 N,
  • May 31, 2025
  • 13
$2,030 to $2,237
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico – 87106
    Distance from San Diego: 624 miles
  • 12 N,
  • May 19, 2025
  • 13
$2,030 to $2,237
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding Progressive Care unit, based in exciting Albuquerque 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
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico – 87106
    Distance from San Diego: 624 miles
  • 12 N,
  • May 31, 2025
  • 13
$2,030 to $2,237
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Roseburg, Oregon – 97470
    Distance from San Diego: 799 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 2, 2025
  • 13
$2,082 to $2,295
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
  • Englewood, Colorado – 80113
    Distance from San Diego: 830 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,630 to $1,796
Weekly Pay*
– 400 bed Level 1 Trauma center & certified Stroke center using Meditech charting – 8 time winner of the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award and a Top 100 Hospital recognized by Reuters
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Englewood, Colorado – 80113
    Distance from San Diego: 830 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,630 to $1,796
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
  • Englewood, Colorado – 80113
    Distance from San Diego: 830 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,630 to $1,796
Weekly Pay*
PCU RN needed for 20 bed unit at Level 1 Trauma center. Trauma unit with highly complex and interesting patients
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Englewood, Colorado – 80113
    Distance from San Diego: 830 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,630 to $1,796
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.
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Englewood, Colorado – 80113
    Distance from San Diego: 830 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,507 to $1,660
Weekly Pay*
PCU RN needed for 400 bed Level 1 Trauma center & certified Stroke center 8 time winner of the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award and a Top 100 Hospital recognized by Reuters
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Englewood, Colorado – 80113
    Distance from San Diego: 830 miles
  • 12 D,
  • May 31, 2025
  • 13
$1,507 to $1,660
Weekly Pay*
PCU RN needed for 400 bed Level 1 Trauma center & certified Stroke center 8 time winner of the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award and a Top 100 Hospital recognized by Reuters
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Registered Nurse – Progressive Care
  • Englewood, Colorado – 80113
    Distance from San Diego: 830 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,383 to $1,524
Weekly Pay*
400 bed Level 1 Trauma center & certified Stroke center 8 time winner of the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award and a Top 100 Hospital recognized by Reuters
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Statistics on PCU RN Jobs in San Diego, California

Here are some helpful statistics about PCU traveling nurse jobs in & near San Diego. The data is based on the last three complete months of PCU job postings in the San Diego 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 San Diego and more. Find out more about travel nursing salaries.

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FAQs About Travel PCU Nursing Jobs for RNs in San Diego, CA

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

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

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

A: A 12 Hour Day shift Progressive Care Unit nurse in San Diego can make an average of $2,210 per week based on recent job availability.

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

A: A 12 Hour Night shift Progressive Care Unit nurse in San Diego can make an average of $2,510 per week based on recent job availability data.

What hospitals and healthcare facilities have Progressive Care Unit staff in or near San Diego?

  • Sharp Healthcare in San Diego
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta in Murrieta (58 miles from San Diego)

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

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

Locating Progressive Care Unit Travel Nursing Jobs in San Diego

In San Diego, facilities like Sharp Healthcare, all offer PCU departments. It’s a great city to work in and nearby to neighborhoods like Serra Mesa (zip code 92123), Linda Vista (zip code 92111) and Clairemont (zip code 92111) neighborhoods.

Other popular cities near San Diego’s PCU job opportunities are National City (4.6 miles), Chula Vista (7 miles) and Bonita (8.8 miles). These are near to zip codes: 92563 (58 miles).

San Diego Hospitals With PCU Departments

There are 4 hospitals & healthcare facilities that have PCU nurses in San Diego. Sometimes it is useful to see what types of shifts, contract durations, and travel nurse housing in nearby neighborhoods each facility might offer in order to find the right opportunity for your next traveling PCU nurse position in or nearby San Diego.

Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center
Shifts
9 D, 12 D, and 12 N
Departments
Ambulatory OR Registered Nurse, Dialysis, Intensive Care Unit RN, Medical Surgical Registered Nurse, Outpatient Clinic LPN/LVN, Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse, and Telemetry RN
Address
4647 Zion Avenue
San Diego, CA 92120
Nearby Neighborhoods
Grantville (92182), Allied Gardens (92120), Del Cerro (92182), Montezuma Mesa (92182), Normal Heights (92116)
Sharp Healthcare
Shifts
8 D, 8 E, 8 N, 10 D, 10 E, 10 N, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
5 wks, 8 wks, 9 wks, 10 wks, 11 wks, 12 wks, and 13 wks
Address
7901 Frost Street
San Diego, CA 92123
Nearby Neighborhoods
Serra Mesa (92123), Linda Vista (92111), Clairemont (92111), Normal Heights (92116), Bayside Village (92110)
* 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.