How far would you drive to work?

[loveishope]

How far would you drive to work? I am planning on moving to a small rural area which is an hour away from bigger cities. Hopefully, I can get hired on at the rural hospital in the town, but if I am not able to, then I will have to drive 74 miles in either direction to work at a hospital? Are there any of you that do the same? I will also be working night shift, most likely. Thank you for the input.

[SummitRN, BSN, RN]

It depends on your shift length. For me, my limits are:

8s: 45min

12s: 80min

24s: 120min

[divaRN*]

I drive 20 minutes to the hospital where i work part time and 40 minutes to the one where i work per diem. 40 minutes is pretty much my max after a long night at work all i want to do is go to bed! that long drive can be brutal.

[itsmejuli]

15 min max by car. I'm hoping to eventually get a job I can ride my bicycle to in 10 min :))

[SoulSpirit_Rn]

I can only see myself driving 20-30 minutes to work. I hate traffic and waking up any earlier than I have to. Besides gas and mileage is expensive. That's just me.

[MomRN0913]

When I drove 45 min-hour on when I worked night shift for 12.5 shifts.... I couldn't make it home. I had to stop in starbucks parking lot, sleep, get coffee, and continue my trek. I would fall asleep at the wheel.

So, working night shift I would never do that again. Days, I would probably be OK with it, but everything has changes since I became a single mom (divorced, so the responsibility isn't ALL mine, but about 90% is....) so half hour at the most these days. Which is inhibiting my job hunt.

[AKav8trix]

My shortest commute ever was 5 minutes. I used to drive 40-60 min one-way to one job depending on the traffic, passing several other hospitals, and it was totally worth it. I loved working at that hospital.

If I get my dream job this winter, I'll be fine with driving 200 miles one-way and stay in "town" while I work my string of shifts.