Start Your Nursing Career with Confidence at UPMC

At UPMC, we believe in empowering the next generation of nurses. As a Graduate Nurse, you’ll be welcomed into a supportive, innovative, and patient-centered environment where your growth is our priority. Whether you’re certain of your specialty or still exploring, UPMC offers the flexibility and resources to help you thrive from day one.

Why Choose UPMC? My Residency Program: A comprehensive, system-wide nurse residency designed to ease your transition from student to professional nurse. Includes clinical skill-building, mentorship, and peer support. Sign-On Bonus: Up to $15,000 for eligible graduate nurses. Loan Repayment Incentive: Up to $20,000 over three years for qualifying roles. Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $6,000/year for continued education. Career Growth: Access to UPMC’s My Nursing Career Ladder for self-directed advancement and salary growth. Supportive Culture: Join a cohort of peers, engage in interprofessional collaboration, and receive guidance from experienced preceptors. What You’ll Do Deliver compassionate, evidence-based care to patients in a variety of clinical settings. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient care plans. Participate in ongoing education and training through UPMC’s residency and orientation programs. Embrace opportunities for leadership, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Our RNs work a rotating schedule that include 12-hour shifts, to ensure 24/7 coverage on the floor.

About the Unit: 

4 North Pavilion Progressive Care Unit consists of 30 private beds, all of which have in-room cardiac monitoring capabilities. Our nurses skillfully provide care to a varied patient population that requires a higher level of care than what is able to be provided on the general medicine units, but who are of a lesser acuity than what would be required for admission into the intensive care areas. Our population of patients have diagnoses which consist of both cardiac and more complex patient care needs.  Our patients often undergo procedures such as cardiac catheterization with and without stent placement, pacemaker and defibrillator insertions, A-Fib and other ablations, as well as patients admitted for the Watchman procedure.  We treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias, either by cardiac drips such as Cardizem or Amiodarone, or orally with Tikosyn or Sotalol therapy. Our CHF patients may require IV or oral Lasix therapy or treatment with other medications such as a Milrinone drip. Patients with higher medical needs may require oxygen via heated High-Flow, EEG monitoring, IV insulin infusions, or simply more frequent monitoring for a variety of medically indicated conditions.  Our new nurses receive enhanced, self-paced computer based modules and interactive educational opportunities via the AACN’s ECCO program (Essentials of Critical Care Orientation) which we have adapted to the Progressive Care patient population to provide you with increased knowledge about the patients you will care for on our unit, as well as helping you to transition your role from nursing student to a fully-functioning Registered Nurse!