[night owl]

I, like BugRN drive one hour, or 52 miles. It's all highway also except for a 12 mile stretch which is alot of foliage and DEER! I too enjoy the zone-out time and can actually listen to my own radio stations instead of my teenagers!

[efiebke]

I do the 12-hour night shift thing and commute 33 miles to work.

There's a Easy Mart gas station about half-way from work and home that sells these delicious ice-cream cones. I usually stop to buy one on the way home. The ice-cream cone nice treat and the stop helps keep me awake. It could also be a reason I'm slightly over-weight . . . but that's another topic and "forum thread".

Ted Fiebke

[NRSKarenRN]

3.5 miles/day each way x 2years; down from 150-200 miles doing IV infusion 4 years ago! 9 yo Caravan LOVES me now!

[nursedarlene]

I drive 25 mi. one way, or about 30 minutes.

[nurse-lou]

Well, I used to drive 34 miles one way to work. It took me 45 minutes to get there from home. Now with my new job that I started in December, I drive only 15 miles one way--takes about 24 minutes as the speed limit varies and I am saving SOOO much on gas. I only have to fill my tank once a week.

[BrandyBSN]

When I work at the hospital, i drive 2 miles, about 5 minutes to get to work. When I work for the home health agency, I drive 70 miles one way. I am a student, and getting up early enough to drive 70 miles to work, then back to make it to my classes is rough! Luckily, the home health part is only one semester, 2 days a week. My car hates it just as much as I do! Atleast the price of gas has gone down to 1.13 here a gallon.

Brandy

[mgmaniac45]

I am in Home Health, so the commute is only a part of the distance. My office is 37 miles one-way on the highway, BUT, I have to add the miles for the supervisory and quarterly visits as well as the skilled visits, so the total varies per day from 74 to over 150. However, since I have the best boss and am in the best job I have ever worked at in 22 years of being an RN, I grin and bear it. I just wish I could be re-imbursed for the milage after I arrive at work. I do keep a very detailed driving log, with gas reciepts, and deduct the non-commute miles from my taxes. That does help a little. I do agree with others that doing the IV visits all over the place was no fun, I'm much happier now. I also take my '74 MG Midget to work on the good days. With the top down, and taking the long way home via the country backroads, the commute is VERY enjoyable.

[Enright]

Most people here in WI think I am nuts but I commute 52 miles each way...104 miles a day. I did it for the job which I really enjoy. I am able to flex schedule so I work 4 days a week, 10 hour days. I also go in at 4:45 AM so there is no traffic going, more on my way home. Its about an hour going in, an hour 15 minutes coming home. It is a lovely drive, all 65 mph.

I used to work a couple miles from my house and then had a job closer but with a worse commute (city rush hour stuff). Sometimes it isn't the miles but the type of driving that counts.

[CraigB-RN]

I've done a 63 mile each way commute for a year. This past year I drive 150 miles and stay for 3 days then drive back.

[prmenrs]

B.C. [before child], I lived 4 blocks from the hospital, and walked. Now I live out a ways, about 18 miles each way. Traffic is bad in the ams, ok after work (12 hours), so ~ 25-30 mornings, and 20 nights.

p.s. Brandy--Iwas thrilled today to see gas @ 1.75/gallon!!! At least I have a small car! I am sooo jealous.