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Commute to school.

Prospective nursing student, debating on whether or not to move 40 minutes away.

How long is your commute to school?

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About an hour. It's 60 miles but atleast it's all freeway.

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Ps. Did anyone work while in nursing school? If so, part time or full time?

Both my commutes LPN and RN were 1.5 hours away. I moved during LPN school and I lived in a hotel during RN school when needed.

I work. Mostly weekends only as a medical assistant.

It's a beautiful day to save lives.

Ps. Did anyone work while in nursing school? If so, part time or full time?

I worked weekends 20 hours for LPN and and 24-32 baylor during RN school.

30 min train ride plus a 15 min walk so 45 min. Train ride is nice I can catch up with reading and I don't have to deal with rush hour traffic. However, the having to work around their schedule kind of sucks especially when it tends to run either a few minutes early or late sometimes. It has saved me a lot of money though. City living is expensive.

I am not working at the moment. My course load is too heavy to do so even if I were on campus.

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Wow you guys have been a great help! Now I don't feel so overloaded, most of you have been on the same boat! :D

I worked full time as an MA until I graduated this past week from Nursing school (RN). I also commuted about 30 minutes to school. I live in Tampa and had to go over a bridge, so it could easily turn into 45-60 minutes if there was traffic. Worth it in my book!

1.5 hours drive, twice a week from 6p-10p, so

I usually leave my house by 4:30 and get back by 11:30 ish. Once I start my nursing classes in May, it'll be 4 days a week.

About 25 minutes.

When I do my master's program, it'll be about 90 minutes each way. I may take public transportation so I can study on the way to and from. Or carpool.

Ps. Did anyone work while in nursing school? If so part time or full time?[/quote']

I work full time as an ER Tech (3 12's per week). I'm a year into my program and I'm doing just fine so far.

It's a commute of 30 minutes to lecture, and anywhere from 25 min to 50 min to clinicals. This is all rural travel, and the weather can get dangerous quickly, which might double the commute time if I can get out of the driveway.

There have been times where I needed to be up at the buttcrack of dark to get to clinicals on time because of bad roads. I either stay over in town (if possible) or we've actually taken to getting a hotel room. I also give a ride to my friend who isn't confident on bad roads.

A lot of my classmates are looking at a 45-50 min commute, and they split into two carpools. WE have four trips each year that require further traveling and hotel stays, but they let us know in advance.

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