Commute time to hospital job

guest52816 · Mar 25, 2018

Depending on traffic, 35 to 40 minutes each way. Parking is never an issue, so the commute is entirely drive time.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 25, 2018

I'm close enough to walk or bike to work, and I would...if it weren't for the fact that my shift starts at 2300.

I also take all side streets so I never have a traffic issue on the way home.

friggasdistaff · Mar 25, 2018

45-60 minutes one way. I use the commute to mentally prepare/decompress.

brandy1017, ASN, RN · Mar 25, 2018

Five minutes, but I've done it in four! LOL Love my sleep time, glad I don't have to waste it driving! Before I bought my house I lived 20 minutes away, but then worked 8-hour shifts. Have a love-hate relationship with 12-hour shifts, love when they're over, but hate the rushed feeling between shifts, then I wish I was only 8 hours.

Quota, BSN, RN · Mar 25, 2018

Still a student but I plan to work at the hospital right by my house, big new grad hiring program so shouldn't be a problem. Takes about 10 minutes worst case to get there. My career change was highly motivated to get away from my 1.5-2 hour round trip commuting I did for about 12 years.

turtlesRcool · Mar 26, 2018

The drive itself is usually about 25 minutes, but I like to give myself 35-40 to account for slow traffic, parking, and walking to where I need to be in the hospital.

SpankedInPittsburgh, DNP, RN · Mar 26, 2018

I spend quite a bit of time at work. I also work in the city where traffic can be an issue as well as parking in our garage. I've seriously considered buying a house across the street from the hospital so I could just walk to work.

KKEGS, MSN, RN · Mar 26, 2018

I am an agency nurse so I work at multiple hospitals. My commute time is between 40 and 60 minutes depending on which one I'm working at. I also work full time as a school nurse and my office is 10 minutes from home. :)

finallyRN7, BSN · Mar 26, 2018

Thank you guys so much for your responses. I've an opportunity for a position with a commute time of 1hr 45 min one way. The night shift is the only way I'd survive that kind of commute time. Thanks again!

klone, MSN, RN · Mar 26, 2018

Smaller town, about a mile from work so about 5 minutes. Work is close to a school but my hours are nowhere the schools schedule so that traffic doesn't affect me. Management that comes in around the school start time can be slowed down by parents and school buses those last few blocks. Horrible, I know!
Seriously, I don't know how anybody deals with big city rush hour traffic on a daily basis without losing their minds.

Yep, one of the HUGE perks of moving to a small town. Previously, I lived in Denver. If you've ever driven in Denver, you will understand. An 8-mile commute took 45 minutes.

Now, it's 8 minutes door to door. LOVE IT.

Eris Discordia BSN, RN · Mar 26, 2018

Thank you guys so much for your responses. I've an opportunity for a position with a commute time of 1hr 45 min one way. The night shift is the only way I'd survive that kind of commute time. Thanks again!

Like I said, my commute is 1 hr 50 minutes...or 110 miles one way. It's all interstate, zero city traffic. I live in the middle of nowhere, in the mountains, so it's a trade I'm willing to make for the right job. Plus I only work 2 days a week, so it's really not that bad. I do it on day shift and I'm driving before everyone is up and only hit mild interstate traffic in the evening, since it's well after rush hour. I'm okay with it.

KKEGS, MSN, RN · Mar 26, 2018

Yep, one of the HUGE perks of moving to a small town. Previously, I lived in Denver. If you've ever driven in Denver, you will understand. An 8-mile commute took 45 minutes.
Now, it's 8 minutes door to door. LOVE IT.

My sister went to nursing school in Denver and I flew out there for her graduation ceremony. O.M.G. the traffic is AWFUL!!!