Nurses: How far is your commute?

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And what's the length of your shifts? How long of a commute is reasonable for you? What do you think of the coworkers who drive from farther away?

Specializes in LTC and Pediatrics.

22 miles and 25 minutes. I work 1400 to 2200. Okay, lately some nights it has taken about 40 minutes due to snow and wind blowing snow.

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While in nursing school I commuted 25 miles (20mins-1hr+ depending on traffic) for my tech job. I absolutely hate traffic so for my new job as a RN, I have moved less than 2 miles (5 min drive) away.

People do what they have to do to make it, whatever works for each person!

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35 mins without traffic. But luckily I love driving

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Specializes in Outpatient/Clinic, ClinDoc.

I do about an hour each way. It's a while, especially in the NE, but I managed to get hours that don't hit traffic. No hospitals that are close to me have the position I hold (clin doc specialist), so have to go to 'the big city'! :)

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Specializes in General Internal Medicine, ICU.

I work between 3-4 days a week, 12 hours shift. I live about 2.7 km (1.7 mile) away from work. The drive is 7-10 minutes. I think anything longer than a 15-20 minutes drive is too far...but kudos to my coworker who make long drives . I personally can't do it.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I travel all day from clinic to clinic so my commute varies from day to day - usually I log 150-250 miles/day 4 days/week.

And....I love it.

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Specializes in Med/surg,orthopedics,emergency room,.

My commute right now is about 45minutes-1 hour, but's against traffic. It's cool, I live in the 'burbs so anywhere go will be a commute so it really doesn't really matter. I use my commute time to wind down from work, listen to music. I'm good.

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50 miles each way. 12 hour shift. It takes me exactly one hour to get there and another hour to drive home. It's far and it's my limit. The good thing is that there is absolutely no traffic when I drive in and very little traffic on the way home. I don't have any co-workers who travel further. If they did, they'd be angels. I couldn't sit in a car for longer than I do.

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Specializes in LTC, HH, and Case Mangement.

I am a home health nurse. I have several pts. I have 3 who live in an independent living facility and they are 20 min away from me. I have another who is 5-10 min away. Then I have about 5 others who my company does their medications 3 times a day for them. We have to sign up every month to do these. 4 of these clients live in a rural town about an hour from me and I only go once or twice a week so it's not too bad. They all are within a mile of each other within this town. The other guy is 10 miles from me so not too bad. I love my job, even though the driving can suck, I am happy doing what I do. I have a leased car, so I have to watch the mileage. When I go an hour out, I drive my husband's car since we actually own it, so the mileage really isn't an issue. The other clients I drive my car to.

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical, Supervisory, HEDIS, IT.

My commute is about 25 feet (I work at home) :)

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
My commute is about 25 feet (I work at home) :)
Lucky you...I also work from a home-based office, but must drive to different facilities as part of the job.
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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

I split my time between two different clinics and each way, it's 30 minutes to one and 45 minutes to the other, each way. The trip is very scenic, through pretty tree-filled hills, but can be treacherous in winter.

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