Commute time to hospital job

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Hello everyone. I'm curious to know how far you currently drive from home to your job at the hospital. Thanks.

Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

My drive averages 40 minutes one way (35 if I am feeling frisky). I feel like I have the best kept secret in my local area...my drive takes me out of the main flow of traffic, going in the opposite direction. Therefore it is a very easy drive with very little traffic stress. I enjoy my commute and use it to listen to Ted Talks, audio books and music that I love.

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One hour or more back and forth, M-F. Yes, it is worth it to me.

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Five minutes.

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I ended up working from home, my commute was 10 feet to the computer, sometimes I was late.

The longest drive time I would accept, was one hour. That was my max after a 12 hour shift.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.
I ended up working from home, my commute was 10 feet to the computer, sometimes I was late.

The longest drive time I would accept, was one hour. That was my max after a 12 hour shift.

This is why I don't think I could ever work from home. I'd be late all the time.

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

Currently 15-20 minutes. I've had much longer commutes in the past though.

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Specializes in Hospice.

10 minutes to the office....unless I get railroaded. However, I log on average 750 miles during my work week.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

Driving to work without traffic in the morning, roughly 25 minutes from my garage to the parking ramp. Going home with traffic in the afternoon/evening, 45 minutes to an 1 hour 15 minutes.

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My 37 mile drive takes me about 1 hour on my way in at 6PM, and nearly an hour and a half on my home at 730AM. This drive is ALL highway, which is a blessing and curse. I love driving home on weekends, because it will take me as little as 45 minutes.

I recently accepted a position 7 miles from home and am excited to cut my drive time down to 20-30 minutes (all streets, no highway).

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18 minutes, about 10 miles one way.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

When I worked it was 1 hr + some change. I was kinda glad when I resigned, the drive was killing me.

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